The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age by Frances A. Yates

Publication: 1979 Routledge and Kegan Paul first edition

Yates explores how esoteric traditionsincluding Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, astrology, alchemy, and Kabbalahshaped the thought of key Elizabethan figures. She focuses on the intellectual atmosphere of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, especially as it influenced John Dee, the court astrologer and mathematician to Queen Elizabeth I.

Condition: publishers cloth boards,gilt title to spine, dust jacket preserved in removable mylar, jacket has chipping along corners, clean bright copy in Very Good condition