Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality
Deluxe Edition.
31cm x 21cm. xiii, 381 pages, 24 plates, 3 maps, 1 chart, black and white illustrations in the text. Quarter leather, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, cloth slipcase.
The deluxe edition of Wasson’s famous work on Amanita muscaria as the divine mushroom. 680 numbered copies designed by Giovanni Mardersteig, in a larger paper format handmade by Fratelli Magnani and with two plates in pochoir by Daniel Jacomet. Ethno-mycological Studies No. 1. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. This is number 538.
Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, very minor annotations to a few pages. Minor shelf wear and rubbing to slipcase. Near Fine Condition.
$2,500.00 AUD
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