No copies of the original edition are held in universities or libraries, not even the Brown University library, which has one of the largest collections of artifacts associated with Lovecraft. Only 80 copies of the original edition were ever printed, but very few still exist today. 'History of the Necronomicon' was posthumously published by the Rebel Press in 1938, a year after Lovecraft's death. Second page of manuscript 'History of the Necronomicon' Publication Only five Greek to Latin translations (retitled the Necronomicon) are held in libraries ( British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, University of Buenos Aires, Widener Library at Harvard University, and Miskatonic University), though private copies do exist. No original Arabic copies survive, nor any Greek translations. His work was subsequently suppressed, though survived. Alhazred died after being devoured by invisible demons in front of a terrified crowd. The text tells how the Necronomicon was penned by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred under the title Al-Azif. Chambers' The King in Yellow, which concerns a book that overthrows the minds of those who read it. Accordingly, it supposes the history of the Necronomicon as the inspiration for Robert W. The short text purports to be non-fiction, adding to the appearance of 'pseudo-authenticity' which Lovecraft valued in building his Cthulhu Mythos oeuvre. It describes the origins of the fictional book of the same name: the occult grimoire Necronomicon, a now-famous element of some of his stories. Lovecraft in 1927, and published in 1938. ' History of the Necronomicon' is a short text written by H. History of the Necronomicon at Wikisource

First page of the manuscript of History of the Necronomicon.

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