Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches.
London: David Nutt, 1899 Stock Code: 114436
First edition. The work of a Philadelphia-born journalist and folklorist, Aradia, a study of the persistence of "la vecchia religione" in Italy, it was claimed by its author to have been based on a manuscript account obtained from "Maddalena", a Florentine fortune-teller and witch. Although the subject of continuing controversy, the text undeniably exercised a persuasive influence over Gerald Gardner in the development of his ideas of witchcraft, and is widely considered to be the foundation text of modern wicca and stregheria. This original edition is extremely uncommon.
Description
Octavo. Original sage green cloth, title gilt to spine and in white to the front board, top edge gilt, others uncut.
Illustrations
Pictorial title page.
Condition
A little rubbed, whitening on the board edges, head and tail of spine crumpled, endpapers a touch browned, text toned, neat bookseller's ticket of Lauriat, Boston to the front free endpaper, a very good copy.
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