Johann Scheible - Das Kloster - 1846

Das Kloster – Christoph Wagner et autres magiciens – Stuttgart 1846 – Johann Scheible – Occult / folklore – Demi-cuir bindé

Original 1846 volume from the German series Das Kloster, edited by Johann Scheible.

This is one volume from the larger multi-volume series. It contains the section “Christoph Wagner und andere Schwarzkünstler”, dealing with early German legends about magicians, black artists, and related occult material connected to the Faust tradition and similar folklore.

This is the Dritter Band (Third Volume) of Johann Scheible’s Das Kloster, one of the most sought-after volumes of the series. It contains material relating to Christoph Wagner and other “Schwarzkünstler” (magicians) and includes texts connected with the Faust tradition and early ceremonial magic literature.

This volume is especially known among collectors for preserving rare early sources on German magical folklore and Renaissance occult writings such as material associated with Semiphoras und Schemhamphoras, Arbatel, and related legendary magic texts reproduced in the 19th-century occult revival period.

Because of its content, the third volume is generally considered one of the most desirable individual parts of the Das Kloster series.

Complete volume.

Condition is good for its age (1846):

binding firm
original half-leather spine with marbled boards
rubbing and wear to edges and spine
foxing throughout pages as expected
no loose pages observed

See photos for details.

Binding

Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled boards and handwritten spine label.

Publication details

Publisher: Scheible’s Buchhandlung
Place: Stuttgart
Year: 1846
Editor: Johann Scheible