Chaos of the Sages, anonymously translated into English, with much additional matter, partly in French and LatinLocques, Nicolas de, active 17th century[ca. 1765]engIn English.Script: Written in a careful cursive hand sloping slightly to the right in a single column 170 x 110 mm without bordering lines or ruling. the text has been partly corrected by another hand and with significant marginalia throughout by this hand in inks of different hues.Watermarks: Paper watermarked with a crowned coat of arms, probably a Dutch paper not certainly identified.Binding: English binding of diced brown Russia leather, a border of gilt dots around the edges of the covers, inside and out, the backstrip in compartments similarly treated, original title label on second compartment from top gold-lettered: "Anonimo Manuscritto di un Vero Adepto." Plain edges. Hinges and corners repaired.Tome 1: 1 smaller leaf 220 x 140 mm inserted after first leaf of index.Tome 2: 1 smaller leaf 190 x 112 mm inserted after page 157.