ARS OBSCURA Bookbinders
Esoteric Books & Art Prints

ARS OBSCURA Bookbinding has published, custom bound,
or has been involved in the process of numerous rare esoteric books and art projects.
Current works on the front burners are The Sefirothic Tree - Portae Lucis, Dalliance - Marquis Von Bayros.

This work was selected from the numerous illustrations of antiquity celebrating this integral aspect of Jewish Mysticism, as this particular print possesses a primary virtue. It represents a historically complete, graphic statement of the development of The Kabbalah in 1516. This print provides lovers of Traditional Magickal Art & the lovers of The Book Arts with an archival quality enrichment that continues to give, year after year.

This reproduction has been executed by Joel Radcliffe
and published by ARS OBSCURA in 1987.

The Sefirothic Tree is offered in two versions, both measuring 23" x 35" & printed via offset. The poster version is printed on a tan production parchment paper stock. A fine art limited edition print, signed & numbered, is the second version, printed on a laid paper, Nideggen, made in Germany. Suitable for framing.

Limited Edition Print: $40.00 Poster: $15.00

Cometographia

Subtitled: Pen and Ink Rendition of the Engraved Frontispiece
from Hevelius’ Cometographia, 1668.

Re-created for the return of Halley’s Comet in 1986, this print is an exquisitely rich reproduction of an engraving from the history of Astronomical Science. Johannes Hevelius was an astronomer from Danzig, Germany.

The print depicts three allegorical figures showing the Aristotelian idea that comets are sub-lunar (left), the Keplerian notion that comets move in a straight line (right), and the idea of Hevelius (center) that comets originate in the atmosphere of Jupiter or Saturn and move about the Sun on a curved trajectory.

This print is printed on a laid–stock imported from Holland, Nideggen,
epitomizing the visual texture of antiquity and with a deckled edge.

This edition is limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by the artist, Joel Radcliffe.
The dimensions are 38 inches by 25 inches. Suitable for framing.

Limited Edition Print: $45.00