Jhouney (Alber) - Le Royaume de Dieu - 1887

Jhouney (Alber).
The Kingdom of God.
Paris, Comptoir d’édition, undated [1887].
Large octavo, 86 pages, paperback, cover printed and ornamented with an esoteric emblem featuring a sphinx, the hexagram, and planetary signs.
Cover browned, minor wear and splits at the edges, some foxing; interior relatively fresh in the photographs.
Treatise on Christian Kabbalah, composed of aphorisms organized according to the ten sefirot: three sections — God, Truth, Humanity — followed by the Prophecies. It combines the doctrine of emanation, mysticism of Christ, initiation, regeneration, and the vision of the Messianic reign.
Autograph inscription on the half-title: “To Paul Laffitte / souvenir / A. Jhouney.”
A separate handwritten note states: “A very rare mystical work, the author having destroyed all copies in 1895.”