Barret, Francis. THE MAGUS, OR CELESTIAL INTELLIGENCER; BEING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY. London: for Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1801 [but 1875]. 11" x 8.75". xv, [1], 175, [1], 198 pp, + 23 plates including frontis, 5 of which are hand-colored. No ad leaf at end. Original 1/4 morocco spine discreetly laid on as rebacked with boards and endpapers renewed. Preface leaves with small stain to upper margin, one plate with title just shaved, some mild age-toning, overall quite clean, and a nice, Very Good example. **************************************** Being a 1875 facsimile reprint of the original 1801 edition. "Composed in the Christian tradition, The Magus was a farrago of Renaissance alchemy and natural and talismatic magic that fitted contemporary Gothic taste ... The book's most startling feature was a set of gargoyle-like portraits of demons conjured up in ritual magic ceremonies." (ODNB)