The Count of Gabalis

Dialogues

on the

Hidden Sciences. Commonly referred to as the "occult sciences," a term covering disciplines like alchemy, astrology, and magic.

From the French.

This work was originally published in French in 1670 as Le Comte de Gabalis by Henri de Montfaucon de Villars.

A decorative printer's device or vignette depicting an ornate classical urn or pedestal with scrolling foliage and a central mask or face.

To even merely demonstrate that which is hidden with such great effort is to destroy it. original: "Quod tanto impendio absconditur, etiam solummodo demonstrare, destruere est." This is a quote from the early Christian author Tertullian's work Against the Valentinians, where he criticizes the secrecy of Gnostic sects.

Tertullian

Berlin,

published by Friedrich Maurer 1782.

Friedrich Maurer was a notable Berlin publisher during the late Enlightenment, a period when interest in secret societies and mysticism was high in Germany.