John Dee, The World of an Elizabethan Magus by Peter French

Ark 
1987 
Paperback 
1st Ark Edition
243 Pages 
13 x 19.5cm 

Condition: Good 

Mathematician, alchemist, advisor to Elizabeth I, and originator of both Enochian Magic and the term 'British Empire', John Dee stands at the crossroads of science and occultism.  Peter French’s biography reconstructs the intellectual and political world of a figure whose influence ranged from navigation to occult philosophy.