The Canon. An exposition of the Pagan mystery perpetuated in the Cabala as the rule of all the arts.

With a preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham.
London: Elkin Matthews. 1897.

A rare work revealing "the magnitudes of the sun, moon, and other planets".

First edition. 8vo. 225x145mm. pp. xiv, [2], 403 [1]. Blue paper covered boards, backed in white cloth. Paper label to spine. Joints cracked and tender but boards holding. Tears to spine and slight loss to label. Corners and edges a little worn and some marks and fading to boards. Pages uncut. Some toning to edges but otherwise internally in very good condition. Rare in commerce, the last copy at auction before this one, appearing in 1923. With neat annotations in the text. The overarching theme of this long and detailed book is that all religions, in their external manifestations (art, architecture, music) adopt mathematical and numerological norms which render them expressions of a single unified natural law which reveals "the magnitudes of the sun, moon, and other planets". At least I think that's what he's saying.

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