Renaissance Magic & The Return of the Golden Age by John S. Mebane
Publication: 1989 The University of Nebraska Press
In Renaissance Magic the author John S. Mebane reevaluates the significance of occult philosophy in Renaissance thought and literature, constructing a most detailed historical context. Mebane focuses on two areas of controversy in twentieth-century Renaissance studies; the relationship between the occult tradition and Renaissance humanism and the extent to which Renaissance magic may have contributed to utopian movements and the emergence of genuine science.
Condition: Publishers yellow boards with title to spine, dust jacket is present and unclipped although there is a 1" square that has been sliced out by the previous owner now barely noticeable in the mylar, all pages clean with no markings, small Francis Bacon Library stamp to rear board with no other library markings, overall in Very Good condition