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lxxiv, [2], 120, [2] pp. Text in Latin with an English translation by Michael Putman. Illustrated with sigils and facsimiles. Black polished morocco with Forma Circli gilt-stamped on cover, raised bands on spine, morocco lettering piece, silk ribbons. 

Also known as Tuba Veneris, "The Trumpet of Venus". "Written in 1580, Tuba Veneris is a unique grimoire of ritual magic outlining a series of seven spirits which the operator may employ by making use of their sigillum or characters and invocations." John Dee was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and occult philosopher, and an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He spent much time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. He also advocated turning England's imperial expansion into a "British Empire", a term he is generally credited with coining.