‎Witchcraft‎

‎Berthier Marie-Thérèse & Sweeney John-Thomas‎

‎Bali la ronde des sages - Collection cultures et découvertes.‎

‎Armand Colin - Delta. 1979. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 253 pages - nombreuses illustratoins en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Collection cultures et découvertes. Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : R320131557

‎BERTRAND (Aloysius).‎

‎GASPARD DE LA NUIT. Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot.‎

‎Paris, à l'enseigne du Pot Cassé, 1946, 1 br., couverture illustrée, papier cristal de protection. in-8 de XXXVI-184-(2) pp., illustré de dessins de Callot et Rembrandt, exemplaire numéroté, un des 400 sur papier du Marais, témoins conservés ;‎

‎[...] L'alchimiste. - Le départ pour le sabbat. - Les deux juifs. - Le bibliophile. - L'heure du sabbat. - A un bibliophile. - Les muletiers. - Madame de Montbazon. - L'air magique de Jehan de Vitteaux. Etc...‎

Bookseller reference : 16032

‎BERTRAND I.‎

‎LA SORCELLERIE (SCIENCE ET RELIGION, ETUDES POUR LE TEMPS PRESENT, N° 84)‎

‎Librairie Bloud & Cie, Paris. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, 2ème plat abîmé, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 62 pages. Annotations sur le 1er plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎(Rare) 'Science et religion', Etudes pour le temps présent, n° 84. 6e édition. Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : RO40242847

‎BESSY MAURICE‎

‎BILAN DE LA MAGIE‎

‎ALBIN MICHEL. 1964. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs. 236 pages- quelques illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte- couverture contrepliée‎

‎BESSY Maurice‎

‎Histoire de la magie en 1000 images.‎

‎France, Editions du Pont Royal, 1962. 18 x 24, 317 pp., 1000 photos, reliure d'édition carton illustré, très bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 93750

‎BESSY MAURICE‎

‎HISTOIRE EN 1000 IMAGES DE LA MAGIE‎

‎Pont Royal - Del Duca - Laffont. 1961. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 317 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins et photos en noir et blanc. Dos détaché. 2e plat se détachant.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Coll. dir. par Robin Livio. Magie à l'aube de l'humanité. Initiations dans l'inconnu. Le diable au corps... Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : RO40098206

‎BESSY MAURICE & CHARDANS JEAN LOUIS‎

‎HISTOIRE EN 1000 IMAGES DE LA MAGIE.‎

‎PONT ROYAL / DEL DUCA LAFFONT. 1962. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 317 pages - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : R240129884

‎Beth Rae; Samuel Weiser‎

‎Lamp of the Goddess: Lives and Teachings of a Priestess‎

‎York Beach Maine U.S.A.: Red Wheel/Weiser 1995 Finger soiling to exterior page edges. 160pp. 1st Printing. Softcover. Very Good. Trade Paper. Red Wheel/Weiser paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 019755 ISBN : 0877288488 9780877288480

‎BIBLIOTHECA ESOTERICA‎

‎Catalogue annoté et illustré de 6707 ouvrages anciens et modernes qui traitent des sciences occultes comme aussi des sociétés secrètes‎

‎,Paris, C. Coulet & A. Faure 1988, 658 pp., 1 vol. in 8 br. Tres bon etat.‎

Bookseller reference : 17972

‎Billy See; Oakley, S.R.; Malmignati, The Countess Guerrini; tench, C.V.; Todd, C.T.; Roberts, Morley; Maule, D.; Millard, G.B.; Fegen, W.W.; Evans, Capt. E.A.; Reitz, Colonel Deneys; Stuart, Max‎

‎The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, November [Nov.] 1927, Vol. LX, No. 355: Through Spain in Disguise / Kite-Fighting in Siam / Maroons of Jamaica‎

‎Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Slippery Wiley" Again - Continued misdeeds of a West Australian gold thief; My Seal-Hunt - The touch-and-go experience of a young man who was seal hunting on the ice off the coast of Newfoundland; Through Spain in Disguise - Part IV - Count and Countess Malmignati continue their adventure, disguised as Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Photo and bried write-up of the "Magic Pool" of Henleaze, said to provide wonderfully fresh skin to her bathers; "The Lucky Seven" - A young ex-serviceman gets stung when he buys a ranch in British Columbia; "Water!" - A young Brit and his party of native soldiers nearly die of thirst while crossing the Karoli Desert in Kenya Colony; The Maroons of Jamaica - Nicely photo-illustrated article on these lineal descendants of runaway slaves who received their own peace treaty - includes photo of the community whipping post; "Witchcraft" - A queer Central African story about a missing old man - with interesting photos; The Secret of Still Valley - While hunting in Northern California, a doctor and clergyman stumble into a dangerous hidden mountain valley; Kite-Fighting in Siam - Photo-illustrated article; The Strain - The vivid photo-illustrated story of two young officers remotely stationed on the Indian frontier; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part II - Colonel Deneys Reitz explores terra incognita in the former German South-West Africa - with nice photos; Brief article on how Dutch Windmills "Talk"; Adventure Comes to the Chemist - Mr. Woodcock is inexperienced with firearms but decides to arm himself due to many local hold-ups. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A pleasing copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book‎

‎Bispham Edward & Christopher Smith Eds.‎

‎RELIGION IN ARCHAIC AND REPUBLICAN ROME Evidence and Experience‎

‎Edinburgh University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0748614303 . Gift inscription from Ed Bispham on ffep. Minor shelfwear ; Contents: An Anthropologist's view of ritual Nicole Bourque ; Tuscan Order: the development of Etruscan sanctuary architecture Vedia Izzet ; Sacred rubbish Fay Glinister ; Some thoughts on the 'religious romanisation' of Italy before the Social War Oliver de Cazanove ; From Concordia to the Quirinal: notes on religion and politics in mid-republican/ hellenistic Rome Emmanuele Curti ; Prophet and text in the third century BC J. A. North ; The games of Hercules T. P. Wiseman ; Looking beyond the civic compromise: religious pluralism in late republican Rome Andreas Bendlin ; Worshipping Mater Matuta: ritual and context Christopher Smith. ; New Perspectives on the Ancient World; 288 pages; Signed by Editor . Edinburgh University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6954 ISBN : 0748614303 9780748614301

‎BODIN JEAN. THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK ON WITCHCRAFT OF THE ERA‎

‎De la demonomanie des sorciers.‎

‎Paris J. du Puys 1580. 4to. Contemporary full vellum wih contemporary handwritten title to spine. Binding somewhat warped but unrestored and tight. A mostly very faint damp stain to upper blak margin of some leaves not affecting text but otherwise internally very nice clean and fresh. Old owner's name to title-page Dufault and old acquisition note to front free end-paper. Woodcut title-vignette woodcut headpieces woodcut end-vignette and a few woodcut initials. A large copy with good margins. 14 252 recte: 256 ff. � Scarce first edition of Bodin's seminal "Demon-Mania" the most important book on witchcraft of the era. The work profoundly influenced the position on witchcraft of the following half century and directly influenced the course of witch trials of this period. The work is furthermore of fundamental importance to the understanding of Bodin's tripartite world picture and constitutes an invaluable supplement to his "Six livres de la r�publique".<br><br>"Jean Bodin's "On the Demon-Mania of Witches" De la d�monomanie des sorciers appeared in 1580 and rapidly became a major publishing success. It underwent at least twenty-three editions and was translated from its original French into German Italian and Latin. It was surely the most published work of the era on the subject of demons and witches. Because of its wide distribution it has been considered by generations of historians to have been an extremely influential book responsible in itself for large-scale prosecutions of witches in the four or five decades following its appearance." Pearl p. 9.<br><br>The present first edition constitutes not only the original version of the work but also the model for all French editions that followed as well as the later translations - as many as 11 between 1581 and 1616. Bodin edited an edition in 1587 which contained some additions; that edition is considered very flawed however and no subsequent editions were based upon it. <br><br>Jean Bodin 1529/30 - 1596 "one of the towering figures in the history of French thought" Scott was a lawyer economist natural philosopher historian and one of the major political theorists of the sixteenth century. His main work the "Six livres de la r�publique" is one of the most important works of modern political thought. Here Bodin gave the first systematic statement of sovereignty and coined the term "political science". With his theory of the State and statement of Sovereignty he fundamentally changed the history of political thought in the West. The "Six livres de la r�publique" is Bodin's most famous and frequently read work. Due to the seemingly "supernatural" contents of the "D�monomanie" scholars have had difficulties recognizing the Bodin of the "Six livres" in this work which within its domain was just as influential. There has been however increasing recognition of the political contents of the "D�monomanie" and a tendency towards reconciliation of the great works by this towering figure of early modern French thought. First of all the work is written with the same impressive thoroughness and style as Bodin's other works. Second although based upon a concrete sorcery case the "D�monomanie" is of the utmost importance to the understanding of Bodin's tripartite world picture and his attempts at maintaining a clear line of separation between the world of nature and the supernatural. His monumental conception of "Theatrum Naturae" is just as dominant as a thematical background in his "D�monomanie" as it is in his "Six livres" and there ought to be no doubt about the fact that the basic features of his system of thought are dominant in the present work which due to its concrete matter of investigation is all the more interesting. In fact the "D�monomanie" is now considered an invaluable source for the general thought of the great political thinker. <br><br>With its two-fold turn of focus on social problems and questions of natural-philosophical and theological character the "D�monomanie" in accordance with Bodin's scientific plan of life marks the transition from "human sciences" to "the science of natural and divine things". "Contrary to the judgment of the Enlightenment thinkers this midway-position does not reduce its value in the Bodin corpus; on the contrary: Precisely this work is suitable for clarifying and illustrating the unity of his works." Own translation from the German. Lange p. 162. <br><br>Concerning himself with witchcraft and demonology it is in this work that we find an emphasized statement of Bodin's thoughts on women on punishing and sentencing and on the general threats of state and society. <br><br>Having experienced severe criticism of his earlier works Bodin's critics became more serious and dangerous with regard to his "D�monimanie". In his letter of dedication December 20 1579 to Christophle de Thou the first president of the Parlement of Paris Bodin explained his motives for writing the work. "First he hoped to denounce the mania the spiritual errors and distraction as well as the "fury" that sorcerers possess as they "chase after the devil." He wrote this treaty with two purposes in mind: on the one hand "to use it as a warning to all who will see him the devil" and on the other hand "to alert readers that there is no crime that could be more atrocious or deserve more serious punishment." Bodin wished to speak out against those who "try by all means to rescue the sorcerers through printed books." He reminded all that "Satan has men in his grasp who write publish and speak claiming that nothing that is said about sorcerers is true." It was essential to provide the tools to magistrates and judges who were confronted by the accused sorcerers in order to face this formidable problem. The work was bold and perilous for its author. Many wondered if Bodin so curious about this topic such an expert so convinced of the devil's existence may not himself have been involved with witchcraft. These suspicions alarmed the authorities and on June 3 1587 the general prosecutor to the Parlement of Paris ordered the general lieutenant of the baillage of Laon to proceed with a search of Bodin's home on suspicion of witchcraft. This inspection brought no results due to the intervention of eight prominent citizens and two priests who registered their support of Bodin." SEP.<br><br>"The conclusions of the proceedings against a witch to which I was summoned on the last day of April 1578 gave me occasion to take up my pen in order to throw some light on the subject of witches which seems marvelously strange to everyone and unbelievable to many. And because there were some who found the case strange and almost unbelievable I decided to write this treatise which I have entitled "The Demon-Mania of Witches" on account of the madness which makes them chase after devils: to serve as a warning to all those who read it in order to make it clearly known that there are no crimes which are nearly as vile as this one or which deserve more serious penealties. Also partly to respond to those who in printed books try to save witches by every means so that it seems Satan has inspired them and drawn them to his line in order to publish these fine books." Bodin's Preface.<br><br>A feature which clearly distinguishes Bodin's theories on witchcraft from late medieval and early Renaissance demonology is his struggle against skepticism and the gender strategies that he deploys in the present work to thwart Skeptics constitute a central feature of his modern demonology - a demonology that came to be dominating for more than half a century. <br><br>The "D�monomanie" is a work designed to update a vast corpus concerned with the identification and punishment of witches. It provides us quite clearly with Bodin's thoughts on divinity punishment practice of law and not least on women - women in general and women in society. "Women generally serve as means to an end in Bodin's thought. The wife's natural inferiority to the husband provides an analogy for a nonreciprocal relation of command and obedience that he establishes between the sovereign and his subjects in "De la r�publique". In "De la d�monomanie" Bodin's portrayal of women as the possessors of unsavory secrets and his characterization of the confessions of witches as fragments of a grandly devilish design create the need for hermeneutical expertise - expertise that he claimed to have. In using women to "think with" the author of "De la d�monomanie" had much in common with his opponent the Lutharen physician Johann Weyer who protested against the witch trials in "De praestigiis daemonum" 1563." Wilkin p. 53.<br><br>An important part of Bodin's defence of the existence of witchcraft lies in the latter part of the present work namely the pages 218-252 which constitute the famous refutation of the opinions of Johann Weyer "Refutation des opinions de Jean Wier". In his "De praestigiis daemonum" from 1563 Weyer had argued that that which we call witchcraft are actually manifestations caused by mental illness of the women in question. It is interesting to see how much Bodin actually drew on Weyer while at the same time attacking him on both scholarly and legal grounds. As the thorough and classically bred scholar that he was he cited both classical Arab and Christian authorities on witchcraft against Weyer. He arrays the authority of all philosophers prophets theologians lawgivers jurists rulers etc. Ultimately Bodin here became the first to challenge Weyer's denial of the right to judge and punish the mentally ill making the work of foundational importance to the following development of legal theory specifically targeted on the punishment of insane men and women. <br><br>"As a major Renaissance scholar Bodin based his work on an extensive and varied group of sources. He depended heavily on the Old Testament classical and patristic authorities and a large number of medieval scholastic works. He was immersed in the late medieval legal and canon law traditions. He also cited a large number of recent and contemporary texts like the "Malleus meleficarum" as well as accounts told by friends and acquaintances. Interestingly while Bodin condemned the work of Johann Weyer he mined this book for anecdotes and accounts when they could be useful." Pearl.<br><br>The refutation of Weyer shows Bodin as a formidable controversialist. The reason why the "D�monomanie" is published two years after the trial of Jeanne Harvillier which is constitutes the concrete basis of the work is that Bodin needed time to carefully prepare the most effective resonse to Weyer's works and attach it to his own. Bodin seeks total demolishment of his opponent - and as time will tell he succeeds. Despite some modern disciples Weyer's position was largely traditional. His aim is not to deny the existence of Satan nor of satanic practitioners but rather to contend that those suspected of witchcraft are delusional and victims of mental illness. <br><br>"Weyer's characterization of women replicated the views of the "Malleus Maleficarum" 1487 or "witches hammer" one of the first and certainly the most influential manual for identifying and prosecuting witches. Weyer draws from the same sources as Kramer to argue that women cannot be held accountable for the crimes for which they stand accused and to which they often confess. Vying with the author of the "Malleus" weyer inscribes in etymology the correspondence between the soft female body and her persuasive mind. Weyer's portrayal of women diverges from that of Kramer only in his assessment of the witch's responsibility." Wilkin pp. 13-14.<br><br>"The essentially melancholic imagination of women he argues makes them incapable of the sense perception to which he assigned pride of place in the search for truth. The madness with which Weyer diagnosed witches thus masked the contradiction that vitiated his plea. Identifying the susceptibility to demonic illusion as a feminine trait was to compartmentalize it to limit implicitly the damage that the Devil could inflict elsewhere - for instance on the perception of learned physicians. Those who refuted "De praestigiis daemonum" rejected the hermeneutical advantage that Weyer claimed for himself. To the gender strategy by which he claimed his advantage however they did not object. Weyer's vociferous adversary Jean Bodin decried the physician's medical diagnosis of witches; nevertheless he called upon woman to embody his opposing hermeneutics. The phenomenon that Clark has felicitously termed "thinking with demons" was thus I argue inseparable from another thought process: "Thinking with women"." Wilkin pp. 9-10.<br><br>The "D�monomanie" also constitutes a seminal exercise in jurisprudence which came to set the standard for following decades. Bodin's aim was not only to make sure that witches were judged and punished he also aimed at fair trial rules according to principles of law developed over centuries in the secular and ecclesiastical courts. Also in this way the work differs profoundly from other works on demonology and witchcraft and shows us the author as a profound political and legal thinker whose aim was to alter society for the better. <br><br>Because this interesting work places itself amidst the divine and the earthly between the supernatural and the natural we find in it a wealth of themes that go beyond the actual witch trial with which Bodin begins his work. It is also for these reasons that the work provides us with an even more thorough knowledge of the foundational thoughts of the great legal and political thinker that is its author. <br><br>See: <br>Rebecca May Wilkin: Women Imagination and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France 2008.<br>Jean Bodin: On the Demon-Mania of Witches. Translated by Randy A. Scott with an Introduction by Jonathan L. Pearl 1995. <br>Ursula Lange: Untersuchungen zu Bodins Demonomanie 1970. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 53493

‎Boissier‎

‎Recueil de lettres au sujet des maléfices et du sortilège.‎

‎Laffitte Reprints. 1981. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. XIII+387 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Réimpression de l'édition de Paris 1731. Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : R100058112

‎BOISSIER‎

‎Recueil de lettres au sujet des maléfices et du sortilège...‎

‎Marseille, Lafitte reprints, 1981. In-8 cart. éd. XIII + 387 pp. (450 g).Reliure skivertex, état neuf.Réimpression à 300 exemplaires de l'édition de Paris, 1731.‎

‎bon état.Lettres sur la Sorcellerie.Procès en Sorcellerie.‎

Bookseller reference : 12389

‎BOLCHINI A.‎

‎Guide de la Magie Blanche.‎

‎DE VECCHI. Déc. 1993. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 234 pages. Nombreuses illustrations et photos, en noir et blanc et quelques-unes en couleurs, dans le texte et en planches.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : RO80145507

‎Boll Franz‎

‎STERNGLAUBE UND STERNDEUTUNG Die Geschichte Und Das Wesen Der Astrologie‎

‎B. G. Teubner. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. Edgewear to upper corners. Small tears and wear to spine ends with chipping. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. Light foxing. ; 211 pages . B. G. Teubner hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28932

‎Bondallaz, Paul:‎

‎Les procès de sorcellerie dans le canton d Fribourg au XVIIe siècle, par Paul Bondallaz, et autres articles dans les Nlls. Etr. Frib. - 66ème année - 1933.‎

‎Fribourg, Fragnière, 1933, in-8°, CXIX (119 p.) + 235 p. + 18 p. brochure originale.‎

Bookseller reference : 3570aaf

‎Bonfanti Leo‎

‎THE WITCHCRAFT HYSTERIA OF 1692‎

‎Wakefield MA: Pride Publications 1971 Illus 64pp. Very Good. Booklet. Pride Publications unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 004656

‎BONNAFE Pierre‎

‎NZO LIPFU, LE LIGNAGE ET LA MORT. LA SORCELLERIE, IDEOLOGIE DE LA LUTTE SOCIALE SUR LE PLATEAU KUKUYA.‎

‎Université de Paris X Nanterre, Service de publication Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, Labethno, 1979. Recherches oubangiennes, 5. Grand in-8 broché, 345 pp. et 4 pp. de photographies hors texte. Couverture à rabats. Couverture un peu salie, sinon bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 9450

‎Bonnefoy Claude‎

‎Science et magie‎

‎Hachette. 1964. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 127 pages augmentées de quelques photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : R260199652

‎BONNEFOY CLAUDE‎

‎SCIENCE ET MAGIE.‎

‎LA NOUVELLE ENCYCLOPEDIE - HACHETTE. 1964. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 127 pages - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en monochrome dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : R240090290

‎BOSSU (Jean).-‎

‎L'église et la sorcellerie.‎

‎P., Editions de l'Idée Libre, 1932, petit in 8° broché, 64 pages.‎

‎...................... Photos sur demande ..........................‎

Bookseller reference : 41803

‎Bouche Leclercq A.‎

‎L'ASTROLOGIE GRECQUE‎

‎Culture Et Civilisation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Rebound in black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light bump to base of spine. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. ; Xx 658 pp. Reprint of 1899 edition ; 658 pages . Culture Et Civilisation hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28930

‎BOURDOISEAU YANNICK‎

‎DEVELOPPEZ VOS POUVOIRS INVISIBLES‎

‎EDITONS MARABOUT COLLECTION SERVICE MS N°340. 1979. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 191 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

‎Editions Marabout. Collection Services. Classification Dewey : 133.4-Magie, sorcellerie, démonologie‎

Bookseller reference : RO90035590

‎Bourne Lois‎

‎Conversations with a Witch‎

‎Robert Hale Ltd 1989 Quarter sized scuff to dust jacket from sticker removal scuff to front board also from sticker removal. Otherwise tight attractive copy in mylar-protected jacket. 220pp. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Robert Hale Ltd hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 045999 ISBN : 0709038291 9780709038290