Arcana Mundi

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo in black cloth; 395 pages; 24 cm Fine to fine(-) with minor wear to exterior (see photo); pages crisp and clean, binding tight; boards smooth, corners sharp. No jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0801825237

Uncommon in hardcover. "Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the "secrets of the universe," of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this collection of Greek and Roman writings on magic and the occult, the author provides a comprehensive sourcebook and introduction to magic as it was practiced by witches and sorcerers, magi and astrologers, in the Greek and Roman worlds. The author has gathered and translated 130 ancient texts dating from the eighth century BCE through the fourth centur" --Publisher // A collection of ancient texts translated, annotated, and introduced by Georg Luck