MORELLET, André (1727-1819)Livre Rare Book
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ref. 2141A Lisbonne, 198 pp In-12 plein veau marbré, dos plat orné de fleurons, pièce de titre en maroquin, tranches rouges. Reliure d'époque légèrement frottée. Bel exemplaire de ce livre interdit.
1925ref. 45297Macmillan Company. Good with no dust jacket. Third Edition. Hardcover. All volumes range from good to VG - majority are VG with a couple volumes that have very lightly chipped corner or two. Index volume has 2 cm loss at head of spine. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt designs to front boards. Scholar's name to ffeps A. R. Littlewood.; 3rd edition in 12 Volumes. Pt I: Magic Art & the Evolution of Kings I 1926 426 pp & II 1926 417 pp ; Pt II: Taboo & the Perils of the Soul 1927 446 pp ; Pt III: the Dying God 1930 305 pp ; Pt IV: Adonis Attis Osiris I 1927 317 pp & II 1927 321 pp ; Pt V: Spirits of the Corn & of the Wild I 1925 319 pp & II 1925 371 pp ; Pt VI: the Scapegoat 1925 453 pp ; Pt VII: Balder the Beautiful I 1930 346 pp & II 1930 389 pp ; Vol. XII: Bibliography and General Index. 1925 536 pp; 12 Volume Set. . 1925. Macmillan Company hardcover
1731ref. 44503, , 1731. 23 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-folio, veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1751ref. 7928CBAugsburg, Matthäus Rieger, 1751. 8°. (17) Bl. (davon 1 leeres Bl.), 462 S.; (8) Bl., 240 S. Lederband der Zeit. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + 2 in 1 Band. Französisch beschrieben , und in dieser Sprach zum
1838ref. 0056141838 Paris, Desessart et Cie, 1838. Deux tomes reliés en un volume in-8 (209 X138 mm) demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs surlignés de filets à froid, titre doré (Reliure de l'époque). Tome I : Frontispice, (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, 327 pages - Tome II : 325 pages, (1) f. de table. L'exemplaire a été relié sans les feuillets de faux-titre et de titre du tome II ni sans le feuillet (pages 39/40) de faux-titre du chapitre IV du tome II "Cuncta supergilio mota". Deux infimes trous de la taille d'une tête d'épingle dans le compartiment inférieur et en bas du mors supérieur, pointes de rousseurs à la gravure ajoutée, trace de colle sur la partie gauche de la page de titre (morceau collé de la gravure), mouillure claire au faux-titre, mention manuscrite à l'encre brune « acheté à Médan - 1862 » en tête du faux-titre, mention à l'encre brune de la même main (ex-libris ?) biffée au verso du faux-titre, trace de cachet encré (ex-libris) effacé en marge latérale de la page de titre.
1962ref. 000716London: The Aquarian Press 1962. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Small 8vo. pp. xi 1 7-112. Bound in publishers pale gray-green cloth. The binding is clean and tight with only the most miniscule signs of bumping to the upper corner tip of the front board. The dust jacket is price clipped on the inner flap and shows spots of wear and rubbing to the extremities. The head cap of the jacket spine is chipped 15 x 13 mm. The rear jacket displays some mild soiling and a couple of small tears sealed. An ink stamp from the U.S. distributer Wehman Bros. "Wehman Bros. Publishers 159 Main Street Hackensack N.J" is present in the lower margin of the title page. Interior pages are generally clean. Pages 92-93 contain a small light manufacturing smudge. Doreen Valiente 1922-1999 often called "the mother of modern witchcraft" was a founding figure in the contemporary Wicca movement. During the 1950s while she served as high priestess in Gerald Gardners Brickett Wood coven Valiente re-worked much of Gardners "Book of Shadows" liturgy into forms still used by many in the Craft today. Later Valiente led a successful fight in Britain against proposed anti-witchcraft legislation. Valientes first book "Where Witches Live" contains her own primary research into the folklore witch traditions and witch trials of county Sussex. Valiente also included modern witchcraft practices. According to Ronald Hutton: "the greatest value of her first book to a historian lies in its portrayal of witch ceremonies in the very early 1960s" Ronald Hutton The triumph of the moon. Oxford 1999 p. 310. The Aquarian Press hardcover
1731ref. 5499A La Haye, Chez Swart, 1731. 8 tomes en 4 vol. in-12 de (4)-30-(4)-172-16-36-38-(2)-8 pp. ; (4)-144-147 pp. ; (4)-191-131 pp. ; (4)-144-28-128 pp. ; (4)-168-51-108 pp. ; (4)-160-92-15-55 pp. ; (4)-203-104 pp. ; (4)-133-106-132-33-11-36 pp., vélin dur à petits rabats, tranches jaspées, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1731ref. 14798A La Haye, Chez Swart, 1731. 8 tomes en 8 vol. in-12, veau brun, dos ornés à nerfs, tranches rouges, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1731ref. 276501731 Aix : impr. de D. David, 1731; etc- 1 fort vol. in-folio, précédées d'un feuillet de titre général et d'un feuillet de table, veau brun trés abimé, dos orné à nerfs en partie manquant,plats trés usés ; tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). contenant 28 des pièces en premier tirage (liste sur demande). total = 881 pp.,paginations separées - titre identique à l'exemplaire de la BNF du premier factum seul (58p.).- + copie manuscrite époque in fine: les lettres au Chancelier: magistrat à M. le président de Maliverny, la réponse de ce juge, et celles des autres messieurs qui ont été de son opinion (11 octobre-23 novembre 1732). 22 pp.; bon état,reglé - Sorcellerie et possession à Aix en Provence; Ollioules ; la Cadière.- Trés rare, rèstaurable.-
ref. 20449Anvers, Hevdrick Connix, 1584. In-4, [12]-653-[23] pp. (*4, **2, a-z4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Qqq4; Qq4 est 1 f. bl.), parchemin souple ivoire, dos long, titre manuscrit au dos, traces de liens (liens manquants, restaurations, taches, importantes mouillures sans dommage pour la lecture, taches).
1977ref. 4669E. J. Brill. Near Fine with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. All volumes are in Near Fine or better condition. Volume 2 has rubbing to small portion of spine.; 6 Volume Set. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 1-6 . 1977. E. J. Brill hardcover
1744ref. GEJ-3Rome but Lille, Imprimerie de Blocquel, 1744 but probably 1830. Hardcover. In-12. Colation complete: 112 pp. and avertissement pp. Quarter leather binding, brown leather backstrip over marbled paper boards. Gilt titling on leather spine label, raised bands, gilt rules and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Exlibris on the first endpaper: "Libraire Papeterie G.Cazaux".Frontispiece, full page plates, sigils and devices in text. Bright and clean inside. Little foxing interior. Rare 1744 edition of French Grimoire refers to an edition of Henri Corneille Agrippa famous grimoire, translated into French by Pierre d Aban, which includes occult secrets such as the ritual of the Queen of the Hairy Flies. Although dated 1744, the edition may be fanciful. Probably early XIX c. edition. This type of Bibliotheque Blue publication, although sometimes fanciful in its dating, was common at the time and refers to writings already circulating on occult and alchemical practices. Bibliography: Caillet, 97, Y. Plessis, 34.
ref. 39293In-8° (170 x 110 mm), vélin souple, dos lisse titré à la plume, (24), 615 (i.e. 650), (23) pages. Paris, François Targa, 1625.
1977ref. 18545E. J. Brill. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. All volumes are in VG or better condition. Leather bindings with slipcases. Spines sunned and discolored.; V1: 1987 xxxvii 349 pp 199 pl; V2: 1982 xxxi 278 pp 219 pl; V3: 1977 xxviii 198 pp 302 pl; V4: 1978 xxiii 142 pp 111 pl; V5: 1986 xxiv 226 pp 168 pl; V6: 1989 xxix 224 pp 146 pl; V7: 1977 xv 67 pp 115 pl.; 7 Volume Set. COMPLETE. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 1-7 . 1977. E. J. Brill hardcover
In Fiorenza, nella Stamperia di Zanobi Pignoni, 1643, volume unico, in-4, legatura settecentesca che riutilizza due pergamene più antiche (probabilmente smontate da rilegature di libri di formato inferiore), con dorso rinforzato in carta decorata antica e titolo calligrafato su tassello in carta, pp. 610, [2]. Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con stemma mediceo, 23 incisioni xilografiche nel testo (fra cui forme geometriche, la pianta di un passaggio segreto, mobili a doppio fondo, teschi e ossa umane) e una tavola allegorica in rame fuori testo (che quasi mai si trova) raffigurante un liuto senza una corda su cui si poggia una cicala e con motto latino "Ut suppleat" - simbologie per la stonatura delle perversioni del genere umano, sostenuta però dall'intelletto personificato dall'apollinea cicala -. Rara opera seicentesca sul diritto criminale scritta da Antonio Maria Cospi, giudice in varie sedi dello Stato toscano fra la fine del Cinquecento e l'inizio del Seicento, ed edita postuma dal nipote Ottaviano. Si tratta di un testo di pratica giudiziaria che tenta di organizzare i ricordi e le conoscenze professionali dell'autore. Si spazia infatti dalla trattazione scientifica alla spicciola quotidianità del criminalista, passando per la superstizione e l'aneddotica. Il Cospi si sofferma nella prima parte sulla deontologia del giudice, indicando la lussuria e quindi - in una visione fortemente antifemminile - la donna come "ianua diabuli". Nella seconda parte tratta gli ambiti della criminalità, soprattutto quelli fra reato e peccato, quali la magia, la divinazione, l'eresia, la stregoneria. Nella terza, oltre che su negromanzia, avvelenamenti, stupri, aborti, ladri, zingari e bari (alle carte o ai dadi), si sofferma a lungo sull'importanza della ricognizione del cadavere e del luogo del suo ritrovamento. Ci troviamo di fronte a un quasi manuale per "la scena del crimine", con tanto di descrizioni dettagliate e illustrazioni. L'autore sostiene proprio che il giudice necessiti di conoscenze scientifiche, anatomiche, chimiche e di disegno, oltre a quelle prettamente giuridiche e morali, per poter analizzare al meglio e mettere a verbale ogni caso in modo critico. Altro concetto innovativo e fondamentale è quello della testimonianza, intesa come interrogatorio al fine di trarre indizi dall'esame del reo e vista come unica via laddove la scienza non può arrivare. Dalle bibliografie a nostra disposizione (Piantanida/Diotallevi/Livraghi 1948, Michel 1970 e la rivista "Le Carte e la Storia" edita da Il Mulino 2002) questa del 1643 risulterebbe come prima edizione, anche se, probabilmente in tempi successivi, ne sarebbe stato censito un unico esemplare, alla Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, datato invece 1638. Più probabilmente però, secondo la nostra interpretazione, si tratterebbe di un errore tipografico sulla data di quest'ultimo esemplare: MDCXXXVIII (1638) invece di MDCXXXXIII (1643). La carta Oo presenta uno strappo con perdita di qualche carattere; minuto camminamento di tarlo alle 6 carte da Vv3 a Xx4, solamente marginale; alcuni fascicoli leggermente bruniti per la fattura della carta. Comunque un bell'esemplare.
1866ref. 40275Paris, Pincebourde, 1866. In-12 de 38 pp. frontispice, maroquin rouge, titre doré en long sur le dos, septuple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dentelle intérieure, non rogné, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
1678ref. GEJ-9Lugduni (Lyon), sumpt. J. A. Huguetan, 1678. Book in Latin. In-4. Collation: [8], 576, [104]. Original full vellum, ink title on the spine. Title in red & black. Armorial bookplate of the Prince of Lichtenstein on the front pastedown. First and last blank endpapers intact. Some wear and soiling to vellum. Foxing. Overall Very good. Complete. 3rd edition of Summary of Crimes, or On Magic: In which open or hidden invocation of the demon intervenes, is a comprehensive legal guide on defining, identifying, and prosecuting acts of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery, heavily influenced by the Spanish Inquisition and demonological theory. The work categorizes different types of magic—distinguishing between "open" (explicit pacts) and "hidden" (implicit/superstitious) invocation of demons. It was a standard reference for canon law and criminal issues related to magic in the 17th century, including its use in Spanish and Portuguese colonial contexts. Book is devided into 4 parts + "Defensa". Pages 514-76 contain the author's "Defensa de los Libros Católicos de la Magia". Bibliography: Caillet 10764; Cornell Witchcraft Collection 53; Graesse (Magica) 53; Palau 334.827; Thorndike VII, 326-30; USTC No. 6080367; Coumont T.33.3; Goldsmith T-444; Crowe 551; OCLC: 11407716; Robbins 1026. "The work is divided into four books devoted to divining magic, operative magic, and its punishment in the forum exterior and juridical, and in the interior tribunal of the soul and confessional. Magic is defined after Proclus and Psellus as an exacter knowledge of secret things in which, by observing the course and influence of the stars and the sympathies and antipathies of particular things, they are applied to one another at the proper time and place and in the proper manner, so that marvels are worked. Torreblanca turns to diabolical magic and the extent of the powers of the devil to make it possible. Torreblanca has jumbled together natural and diabolical magic almost inextricably, but his remaining chapters are on witchcraft, with the two last on natural and divine remedies against it." (Thorndike VII, A History of Magic and Experimental Science). Provenance: Old Ex libris - (library ?) Lichtensteinianis (Armorial bookplate of the Prince of Lichtenstein?).
1611ref. GEJ-12Napoli, appresso Giovanni Giacomo Carlino, 1611, pp. [8] 725 [1]. In-4. Book in Italian. Original full vellum, ink title on the spine. Title in black. Small restoration on the title page. Old but later endpapers. Clean with a little foxing. Overall Very good. Complete. This rare 1611 Italian 1st expanded twenty-book version of Giambattista della Porta’s magnum opus, Della magia naturale (Natural Magic). Originally published as a shorter four-book treatise in 1558, della Porta spent decades expanding his observations into this monumental encyclopedia of Renaissance science, secrets, and experimental philosophy. Della Porta’s work serves as a fascinating intellectual bridge between medieval alchemy and the Scientific Revolution. To the author, natural magic did not mean sorcery, but rather the understanding and manipulation of the hidden laws of nature through rigorous observation and experimentation. Across its twenty books, this comprehensive volume covers an astonishingly diverse range of subjects. It includes early descriptions of the camera obscura and foundational concepts in optics that later influenced the invention of the telescope. It also delves into metallurgy, cryptography, agriculture, and botany, alongside practical recipes for cosmetics, perfumes, pyrotechnics, and early chemical warfare. As the founder of the Academy of the Secrets of Nature, della Porta was one of Europe’s foremost polymaths, and his writings heavily influenced contemporary titans of science like Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler. Capturing the very peak of late-Renaissance intellectual curiosity, this 1611 edition stands as a highly desirable and significant artifact for any collector of early science, occult philosophy, and the history of ideas. Bibliography: USTC No. 4025330; EDIT16; Riccardi II, 307; Caillet 8851; Duveen (Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica) p. 481; OPAC SBN Numer BVEE002361; Graesse V; Dorbon-Aîné 3710-20; STCN 833455907; Ferguson, II, p. 216.
1676ref. GEJ-5Nuremberg: Johann Daniel Tauber, 1676. Book in Latin and German. In-8. [12], 162; 102; 256, [73] pages, including errata leaf at end. Contemporary vellum, ink title on the spine, occasional light foxing. Title in red & black. Later edition of this work on magic and witchcraft by J.G. Godelmann (1559-1611), German diplomat and professor of law at Rostock University. Book contains 3 parts. The 1st and 2nd part contains information on magic, sorcerers, and witches, the 3rd part dedicates to legal procedures in witchcraft cases. The book was placed on the Index of prohibited books in 1601. Bibliography: Ref. VD-17 1:0629512, Caillet 4226, Coumont G 43.5., Thorndike VI, 535-37. USTC 2589027. Not in BL London. Coumont G 43.5. - "Godelmann's greatest achievement lies in his, for this time, exceptionally decisive stance against the belief in witches". Provenance: From the library of André Lambert, with ex-libris. Ownership sticker: Oskar Gershel, Buchhandlung Stuttgart, Kronprinzstrasse 32. bound with Law book by MEVIUS (David) titled: Considerationes juridicae super Sex diversis punctis, indeque resultantibus Quaestionibus, in Causis Proprietariorum Pensionariorum subinde occurrentibus. Hall. Saxon.[Halle-sur-Saale], Sumptibus Simon. Joh. Hubneri, 1675.
1837ref. 156383London: John Russell Smith 1837-38. Arraignment Tryall Confession and Condemnation First edition thus part of the publisher's "Library of Old Authors". Smith issued numerous reprints of early tracts such as Puritan discipline works the ballads of Captain Cox and reports of 15th-century battles. This collection was followed in 1862 by a volume on the witch trials of New England. The tracts were printed separately and have separate title pages but were published as a single edition with a collected contents page. Octavo 209 x 129 mm. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary black half calf brown morocco spine label marbled boards brown endpapers edges speckled red binder's ticket of W. Isacke London on front pastedown. Contemporary shelf label on front pastedown; a handful of neat annotations to contents. Binding rubbed front inner hinge cracked contents lightly foxed and browned: a very good copy. hardcover
1581ref. GEJ-8Ingolstadt, apud Davidem Sartorium, 1581. pp. [80] 542 p. Book in Latin. In-8. Beautifull ornamented white blind stamped calf. Additionally black engreved to front cover. Two original clasps. Fist and last blank leaf missing. Title page in black. 80 unnumbered and 542 numbered pages. Blue paper edges. Clean endpapers with small pencil annotation on the first back cover. Nice ornameting, wide margins and initial letters. Very clean and bright interior. Franziskaner Kloster Dettelbach stamp and hand-written anotations on the title page. Complete. Very good condition. 2nd rare edition (First, 1580) of interesting and influential work on heresy. Very uncommon issue on the market. Rare in any edition. "Hammer of Heretics" is a Catholic counter-reformation text by Georg Eder, published in Ingolstadt, that defends Catholicism against Protestant doctrines, particularly Lutheranism and Anabaptism. It is distinct from the 1487 Malleus Maleficarum (witch-hunting manual), focusing instead on combating heresy through theological argumentation. Eder was a lawyer and Catholic theologian (1523 - 1587), Imperial Court Councillor and advisor to Emperors Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, and Rudolf II. Best known for his theological polemical writings. "His oratorical and literary talent, the decidedly Catholic orientation from his Bavarian homeland, which deepened in Cologne and, in Vienna, where he immediately sought contact with the Jesuits, manifested itself in tireless activity, making Eder a champion of Catholicism struggling for its existence in Austria" (NDB IV, 311 f.). "Eder's writings from this period all deal with the question of church confession with regard to the differing and opposing positions of the Protestants" (ADB V, 318). Bibliography: USTC No. 674751, VD16 E 541, Stalla 1413, Adams E 64. Provenance: Franziskaner Kloster Dettelbach.
1731ref. 42632S.l.n.d., , (1731 circa). Manuscrit in-8 calligraphié de (24) ff., texte encadré, maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, titre doré en long sur le dos : Chansons manuscrites du Père Girard, filets d’encadrement dorés sur les plats, frise intérieure (Purgold).
1674ref. GEJ-2Basel, Getrukt bey Johann Heinrich Meyer, 1674. In-8. Latin & German text. 1 volume complete itself. 1107 p. Colation complete. First edition of kind of warning against sorcery by the XVII c. Swiss Protestant pastor Bartholomäus Anhorn. Contains chapters on dreams, palmistry, duelling, witches, alchemy, and charming. Very rare book including an introductory eulogy by Johannes Tonjola. Internal condition: original gold ornamented brown calf binding. Rubbed, bumped, with minor defects on the spine with missing the closure ribbons. Title page and engraved title printed in black. Slightly browned due to paper, dampstained in places and few corners bent with XIX c. unknown bookplate on the endpaper. Red paper edges. Rare first edition. Bibliography: VD17 3:600284P. Graesse, BMP, 51. Goedeke III, 241, 22. Por. Faber du Faur 1265 and Jantz 378. Hayn-Gotendorf III, 172. USTC 6144407. Faber du Faur 1265: "Anhorn believed in devils and witchery, but advocated caution as regards such phenomena as the bleeding of corpses in the presence of their murderers, and thought that no one should be imprisoned and questioned under torture on such kind of evidence alone". Jantz 378: "A partially critical survey of occult phenomena and popular superstitions". Provenance: Unknown, probably XIX c. coat of arms bookplate on the first endpaper.
1597ref. 16014Eisleben, Henningus Grosius, 1597. Petit in-4 (14 x 19 cm) de 8 ff. 478 pp. 1 f.bl. 14 ff. d'index 2 ff.bl. veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, armes sur les plats dans un encadrement de double filet doré (reliure de l'époque).
1626ref. 42497Paris, Jean Libert, 1626. In-12 de (28)-476-(56) pp., maroquin vert, dos lisse orné, frise et roulette dorées d'encadrement sur les plats (reliure du XVIIIe siècle).
