5995X2 First Printing. Stein and Day, Briarcliff Manor: 1974. 192 pages. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Reading copy. Cover has slight scratches. Remainder marks on bottom edge. Describes the mysteries surrounding the reign of Rudolf Von Habsburg, sixteenth-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Amidst the warring Roman Catholics and Protestants, and power plays of political leader, Rudolph slowly retreated into the world of magic and alchemy. He invoked the "spirits of the planets and the demons of the universe" so they might do his bidding. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0812817346 $14.00USD
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