Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex, qvibvs continetvr accvrata cvriosarvm artivm, et vanarum superstitionum confutatio, vtilis theologis, jurisconsultis, medicis, philologis

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Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #78Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex, qvibvs continetvr accvrata cvriosarvm artivm, et vanarum superstitionum confutatio, vtilis theologis, jurisconsultis, medicis, philologis

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Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Heading:

(Magic & Witchcraft)

Title:

Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex, qvibvs continetvr accvrata cvriosarvm artivm, et vanarum superstitionum confutatio, vtilis theologis, jurisconsultis, medicis, philologis

Author:

Del Rio, Martin Anton

Place Published:

Coloniae Agrippinae [i.e. Cologne]

Publisher:

Sumptibus Petri Henningij

Date Published:

1657

Description:

[14], 1181, [33] pp. Title within engraved pictorial border. Text in 2 columns. (4to) 8x6, early cloth-backed sheep with printed cover label.

This seems to be one of the scarcer of the various editions of Del Rio's expose of witchcraft. A Dutch-born Jesuit of Spanish descent, Del Rio has been accused by modern historians of being the principal cause of witch-hunts in the Southern Netherlands, though in reality he was fairly moderate on the subject.

Condition:

Binding well worn and rather crudely executed, though with a certain charm, the label well chipped; front free endpaper adhered to gutter of title-page slightly affecting the illustrations on the left side, darkening to contents, good to very good.

Item#:

183822

Headline:

Del Rio's Magic in Six Books, 1657
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