The most recent find was made by Miskatonic University, which now has a nearly complete Dee Necronomicon in its enviable collection. The decidedly less rare Sussex Manuscript also can be found in Miskatonic's collection and in many other large libraries as well. It is generally believed that no copies of the Arabic original have survived to the present day, although persistent rumors suggest that a copy surfaced in San Francisco shortly before the disastrous earthquake and fire of 1906. The claim that an Arabic copy is part of the collection in the British Museum has been recently disproved. All known printed editions of the Necronomicon are folio-sized.
Records suggest that the Greek version was several pages longer.
The type style is black-letter gothic, and numerous woodcuts illustrate the text. Bindings, as with all books of this period, are individual, reflecting the tastes of the books' original owners. The Necronomicon found in the British Museum is in a 15th-century leather binding still in fair condition. Printed in Germany, the text is in good condition but lamentably lacks seven different leaves, each cut away and removed with great care. This volume was among the three libraries of books bequeathed to the people of England which led to the founding of the British Museum in 1753.