MYSTERIES OF THE ROSIE CROSS, facsimile edition, leather bound, satin ribbon marker, hand marbled endpapers privately bound edition

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Privately leather bound edition with hand marbled endpapers and satin ribbon marker.

Book is not what I would consider to be in collectable condition with minor defect but still an awesome reader copy and looks great on the bookshelf!

This text, Mysteries of the Rosie Cross, is one of the better looks at the history and lore of Rosicrucianism made in the pre-modern era. Dating to the end of the 1800s, it was part of a series generally revolving around phallic worship, with such titles as “Ophiolatreia” and “the Masculine Cross.” The content here is mostly second hand; verbatim copies of materials purporting to represent Rosicrucian doctrine, mentioning the freemasons, illuminati, and far more, as well as more than a small amount of alchemy.