{"product_id":"grimoires-a-history-of-magic-books-davies-1st-2009-witchcraft-magick-spells","title":"GRIMOIRES: A HISTORY OF MAGIC BOOKS - Davies, 1st 2009, WITCHCRAFT MAGICK SPELLS","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTitle\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGRIMOIRES: A HISTORY OF MAGIC BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAuthor\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOwen Davies\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003eOxford University Press\u003cspan\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity: Oxford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear: 2009 (First Edition)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding Style: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated: Yes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBook Details + Condition: \u003c\/span\u003eFirst edition, 2009. In overall excellent condition; binding is solid and tight, no interior markings, and dust jacket remains unclipped, with the original price still present. Protected with a mylar plastic cover. The first ever history of magic books - or grimoires - from the ancient Middle East through to the modern day, from harmless charms and remedies to sinister pacts with the Devil. No books have been more feared than grimoires, and no\nbooks have been more valued and revered. In \u003ci\u003eGrimoires: A History of Magic\nBooks\u003c\/i\u003e, Owen Davies illuminates the many fascinating forms these recondite books\nhave taken and exactly what these books held. At their most benign, these\nrepositories of forbidden knowledge revealed how to make powerful talismans and\nprotective amulets, and provided charms and conjurations for healing illness,\nfinding love, and warding off evil. But other books promised the power to\ncontrol innocent victims, even to call up the devil. Davies traces the history\nof this remarkably resilient and adaptable genre, from the ancient Middle East\nto modern America, offering a new perspective on the fundamental developments\nof western civilization over the past two thousand years. \u003ci\u003eGrimoires\u003c\/i\u003e shows the\ninfluence magic and magical writing has had on the cultures of the world,\nrichly demonstrating the role they have played in the spread of Christianity,\nthe growth of literacy, and the influence of western traditions from colonial\ntimes to the present.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c!--EndFragment--\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Black Cat Caboodle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44099261562915,"sku":"fxx1793030915145","price":73.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/9705\/1171\/files\/grimoires-a-history-of-magic-books---davies-1st-2009-witchcraft-magick-spells_1.jpg?v=1793030926","url":"https:\/\/slowfashionboutique.shop\/products\/grimoires-a-history-of-magic-books-davies-1st-2009-witchcraft-magick-spells","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}