EX-LIBRIS ("from the library of") BOOKPLATE:
Mathilde and Edward Johnston.
3 x 5 1/2 inches, neatly removed from an early 20th century book (1923). Condition is excellent, light dried glue remains on the backside. Condition is otherwise fine. Images in the plate: Satan, several angels, lion head, grapes and vine. Appears to be copperplate, but here probably lithographed (but of very good quality). In greenish black ink. No artist name or monogram. Comes in a Mylar sleeve for protection.
Quote at bottom of bookplate:
"And Satan turning to the gardener said: Nectaire, you fought with me before the bird of the World. We were conquered because we failed to understand that Victory is a spirit, and that it is in our selves and in ourselves alone that we must attack and destroy Ialdabaoth."
--This is a quote by Anatole France (16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) from Revolt of the Angels (1914) Ch. XXXV.
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IALDABAOTH:
1. A powerful creative force or personality.
2. A public magistrate in some ancient Greek states.
3. Demiurge A deity in Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and other religions who creates the material world and is often viewed as the originator of evil.
4. Demiurge A Platonic deity who orders or fashions the material world out of chaos.
Nectarios, Nektarios or Nectarius (Greek: Νεκτάριος) is a Greek male given name encountered in Greece and Cyprus. It means "of nectar". Although its etymology refers to the word νέκταρ (néktar, an ancient Greek word meaning "overcoming death", a honey miraculous beverage of Olympian Gods), the name Nectarios was never used in ancient Greece. It can be first seen no later than 300 AD as a Christian name, mainly of monks and bishops, in 20th century it became renowned in Orthodox world by the lives of Saint Nectarios of Aegina and Venerable Nectarios of Optina.
Questions welcome.