CHRISTIAN (Christian PITOIS) - Lot 25

CHRISTIAN (Christian PITOIS) The Red Man of the Tuileries Paris, chez l'auteur, 1863, in-12, contemporary red half-basane, IV, 464 pp. Decorated with 22 Cabbalistic figures. Binding slightly rubbed. A few notes in graphite. A curious handwritten page and a sky map in pen at the end of the text, on the leaf preceding the table of contents. Very rare first edition. Dorbon 739. Guaïta 1243. Caillet 8708 "This highly sought-after work contains the most profound mysteries of astrology. It is illustrated with 22 kabbalistic figures, which in themselves constitute a most precious document. The little-known onomantic astrology is explained here with the greatest clarity, and the mysteries of numbers and Kabbalah are carefully analyzed. It also contains a wealth of the most piquant and extraordinary historical anecdotes, and with its help we can dissect the mechanism of the laws that govern the world, experimentally demonstrated by historical concordances. The history and study of the Tarot are also dealt with at length. In a word, this marvellous work enables everyone to penetrate the deepest arcana of esotericism, a privilege that in ancient times could only be obtained after undergoing long and terrible trials and acquiring a high degree of initiation."