Franz Hartmann
In The Pronaos Of The Temple Of Wisdom
1941 Aries Press; Reprinted March 1945 

All pages are clean tight and bright, no marks. Blue cloth covered hardcover is clean and strong with light wear at corners and spine ends as seen in photos. This is NOT an Ex-Lib book. 

Franz Hartmann 1838 – 1912 was a German medical doctor, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer, and author.

Hartmann was an associate of Helena Blavatsky and was Chairman of the Board of Control of the Theosophical Society Adyar. He collaborated with the mystic Carl Kellner. He published the journals Lotusblüthen (1893-1900) and Neue Lotusblüten (1908-1913). He wrote articles on yoga and popularized the subject within Germany.

He has been described as "one of the most important theosophical writers of his time". His works include several books on esoteric studies and biographies of Jakob Böhme and Paracelsus. He translated the Bhagavad Gita into German and was the editor of the journal Lotusblüten. He was at one time a co-worker of Helena Blavatsky at Adyar. In 1896 he founded a German Theosophical Society. He also supported the Guido-von-List-Society (Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft).

In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians was first published in 1890 by the Theosophical Society and Occult Publishing Company. Then in a limited edition of 250 copies by the Aries Press in 1941, which was reprinted in another limited run in 1945. 

One of Hartmanns classic works. He reviews the well-known history and literature of the Rosicrucians. In the last two chapters Hartmann also presents what he believes to be the core doctrine of the 'true' Rosicrucians'.