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This page is a flyleaf containing a library ownership stamp and visible ink bleed-through from the reverse side. The stamp at the bottom is partially faded and smudged.

THE LIBRARY

BRIGHAM YOUNG UN IVERS? ITY

PROVO, UTAH

Provenance: This stamp identifies the volume as formerly or currently belonging to the library collections at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

The Key of Solomon original: "מפתח שלמה" (Maphteah Shelomoh)

THE LITTLE KEY OF SOLOMON. original: "Clavicula Salomonis"

A HEBREW MANUSCRIPT

NEWLY DISCOVERED AND NOW DESCRIBED

HERMANN GOLLANCZ, Master of Arts, Doctor of Literature,

Goldsmid Professor of Hebrew, University College, University of London.


J. KAUFFMANN,	D. NUTT,
FRANKFURT ON THE MAIN original: "A. M." / "Am Main"	LONDON
41 BÖRNE STREET. original: "Börnestrasse"	57—59, LONG ACRE, WEST CENTRAL DISTRICT. original: "W.C."

1903.

1 shilling and 6 pence

NET.

The "Key of Solomon" is perhaps the most famous "grimoire"—a textbook of magic—in the Western world. Traditionally attributed to the biblical King Solomon, it provides instructions for the creation of magical tools and the invocation of spirits. While versions in Latin and Italian had circulated for centuries, Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), a prominent rabbi and scholar, published this 1903 pamphlet to announce his discovery of a Hebrew version, arguing for the Jewish origins of this esoteric tradition.