FULCANELLI. The Mystery of the Cathedrals and the Esoteric I - Lot 114

FULCANELLI. The Mystery of the Cathedrals and the Esoteric Interpretation of the Hermetic Symbols of the Great Work. Preface by E. CANSELIET. Illustrated with thirty-six plates after drawings by Julien CHAMPAGNE. Paris, Jean Schemit, 1926. Large in-8, 149-[1] pp. paperback, printed cover filled. Cover spotted with small tear but not missing. Very rare first edition illustrated with 36 plates, including 2 in color, where "is given, without any fiction, the key to the Major Arcanum". Some small brown spots. "A very remarkable work for the explanations it gives of our great Gothic cathedrals, in which the secret of the philosopher's stone is said to be enclosed...". Dorbon, 1803.