The Book of the Law
12 / 02 / 2008
by Aleister Crowley, 1976This book is the central sacred text of Thelema, written by Crowley in Cairo, Egypt in the year 1904. It's full title is "Liber AL vel Legis", sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI" and it is commonly referred to as The Book of the Law.
This is a 1976 reprinting by Red Wheel/Weiser LLC, with introduction, and text having been offset from the 1938 London edition published by O.T.O. (Ordo Templis Orientis) of this famous occult book.
It also contains a facsimile of the original handwritten manuscript by Crowley as dictated to him in Cairo between noon and 1 p.m. on three successive days on April 8 to 10 in the year 1904 by an entity that called itself “Aiwass”.
The book is bound in full black leather in what I can only describe as a beautiful and stunning masterpiece of bookbinding. The bindery utilized traditional bookbinding techniques and archival standards, with three raised spine bands, a gilded spine label, a bookmark ribbon, red Fabriano endpapers and black gilt edges. The spine has been hand-sewn in craftsmanship that is becoming scarcer and scarcer in our world. The front board bears an embossed relief of the Unicursal Hexagram.
The book’s dimensions are approx. 13 x 17 cm (approx. 5 x 7”) and its condition is very good (minor rubbing and wear to leather, but other than that - exquisite. This is a collector’s item that will delight any bibliophile, not to mention the fluent occultist!
Collectors Item: Very rare limited edition.
SOLD for $350.00