Three posts in one Dee, Agrippa and Ashmole

One: I have now completed the recovering of Dee’s ‘Five Books of Magic’ and I’m pretty pleased with the results. of course, as usual, I’m not 100% happy and I don’t think I ever will be. The book block is not quite centred, it’s slightly closer to the bottom of the cover than the top. But the block is quite heavy and so pulls down on. I’ve tried a new technique for fitting the end papers. I securely stuck card to the cover and to the end of the book block. then used ‘sticky back vinyl’ in a strip to connect the two. seems to be holding well (so far away)

Making the raised bands on the spine

I then attached the leather to the spine

Then attached the cover boards

And here are the results of the endeavour

hand made label

The Cover (combination of Rexine cloth and leather)

And inside

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Two: On a recent trip to Glastonbury I picked up a bit of a bargain.  I already have the HB copy of Agrippa's Fourth book of Occult Philosophy published by Hays (Nicolas) Ltd but there’s a much rarer addition that formed part of the short lived Askin Publishers Ltd publication catalogue. 
It’s quarter bound in matt green leather with a gold guilt stamped image of Agrippa on the cover. This edition was limited to 500 copies and contains an exact facsimile of the original 1559 edition. I spotted a copy on the shelf in one of the two  second hand book shops in Glastonbury. I had in mind what I expected it would cost but was amazed to find it was about a third of that price! 
So over to the till I went with a smile on my face...

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Three: At last Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum has arrived!

Well done to all at Ouroboros Press for this excellent piece of work