1861 - ELIPHAS LEVI - LA CLEF DES GRANDS MYSTERES 1st/1st KEY OF GREAT MYSTERIES

  LA CLEF DES GRANDS MYSTERES (The Key of the Great Mysteries), SUIVANT HENOCH, ABRAHAM, HERMES, TRISMEGISTE, ET SALOMON — PAR ELIPHAS LEVI — TRUE 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1861 — Occult, Witchcraft, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Hermetic, Alchemy, Astrology, Grimoire Publisher: Germer Bailliere, Libraire - Editeur, Paris (1861) An exceedingly rare true first edition, first printing in the original French language of "Le Clef Des Grands Mysteres," or "The Key of the Great Mysteries," by Eliphas Levi, from 1861. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for some rubbing and overall light shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean save for a few spots of light foxing on some of the pages. A beautiful and very scarce copy of a classic work, brilliantly illustrated. 498 pages, with Index. There is an original editor's errata / error at the end, with the page numbering — the last 2 pages of the book jump to 597 and 598. "The Key of the Mysteries represents the culmination of Levi's thought