{"product_id":"the-history-of-magic","title":"The History of Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Catalogue of Sorcery  Wichcraft  and the Occult. This is a reprint of the Pantheon Books 1948 original. This reprint (1997) is by the Book-of-the-Month Club. ISBN: 0-965-084631 (Amazons system will not accept this number but its correct  from the book cover. Shading green dust jacket cover  blue and gray boards  504 pp  255 illustrations. Book is magnificently illustrated by renowned surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann  recounting the whole fascinating story of magical ideas and manifestations in the Western world and reveals the aesthetic value and influence of magic on mans creative imagination. This book crystallizes the most significant and interesting aspects of the subject since antiquity. Delving into the works of hundreds of scholars and specialists who have written on the inexhaustible subject  seligmann presents a vivid picture of the most typical religio-magical beliefs of ancient  medieval  and modern times. The 255 illustrations  selected by Seligmann with a true artists eye  came from his own library of old books on magic and witchcraft  and from the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art  the Yale University Art Gallery  and other authoritative sources. Embodied int he text as an integral part of the narrative  they mirror the magical world view throughout the ages as no other presentation has ever done before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946511790133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0965084639","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780965084635_4c267d68-2c1d-4158-b84d-1314e4ddab94.jpg?v=1770216195","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-history-of-magic","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}