Grimoires

by Owen Davies

Book Overview

No books have been more feared than grimoires, and no books have been more valued and revered. In Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies illuminates the many fascinating forms these recondite books have taken and exactly what these books held. At their most benign, these repositories of forbidden knowledge revealed how to make powerful talismans and protective amulets, and provided charms and conjurations for healing illness, finding love,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199590044
• ISBN13: 9780199590049
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"