The Talking Image of Urur by Franz Hartmann
Publication: 1892 [undated] Gay & Bird and John W. Lovell Company
A scarce early edition of Franz Hartmann fictional occult work ‘The Talking Image of Urur. “The story represents the adventures of a 'theosophical Don Quixote' who seeks for wisdom everywhere except in the right place"- from author
Franz Hartmann (1838 - 1912) the Bavarian-American writer, physician, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer, who was part of the late nineteenth century German esoteric milieu that gave birth to organizations like the O.T.O. and Theosophical Society.
Condition: publishers cloth boars, title to spine and cover, decorative end papers, small 1” bookplate of revered occult publisher John Watkins, tightly bound, in Very Good clean condition