Francisco Torreblanca VillalpandoLivre Rare Book
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1678réf. 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?).
1611réf. 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.
1803réf. 31718BBBerlin/Wien Pauli/Trattnern 1784-1803. 16 Bände. 8°. Mit insgesamt 115 gestochenen Kupfertafeln. Mit elektrischen, chemischen, metallurgischen, mechanischen und ökonomischen Versuchen. Band 1-4: Halbleder, Rückenschilder, Rückenvergold., 5 Bünde, 3seitiger Rotschnitt - Band 1-9/11-12 Halbleder, Rückenschilder, Rückenvergold., 5 Bünde, 3seitiger Rotschnitt. Band 10 Pappband. Einbände berieben und bestossen, Seiten mit Bräunung, teils fleckig, insgesamt sauber und gut erhalten.
1676réf. 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.
1638réf. 0032951638 A Paris, Chez Rolet Boutonne, 1638. Quatre parties en un volume in-12 (107 X 163) vélin rigide à coutures apparentes, titre calligraphié à l'encre noire en tête du dos (reliure de l'époque) ; (1) f. blanc, titre, (7) ff., 280 pages, 63 pages (dont titre), (1) page blanche, titre, (1) f. « Au lecteur », 67-106 pages, (5) ff. de table, (1) f. blanc, 39 pages (dont titre), (1) page blanche, (1) f. blanc. Tache brune sur le premier plat.
réf. 18563début du XXe siècle..
1583réf. 12463Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, 1583. In-4 de [8]-275-[37] pages, plein vélin à rabats, dos lisse. Reliure fin XIXe, 2 ex-libris modernes. Note manuscrite sur un feuillet blanc XIXe, citant Yve-Plessis.
1581réf. 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.
1934réf. 36675Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1934. Tanning to text paper fraying at base of spine several slight creases a nearly fine copy. 36675. Octavo single issue cover by Margaret Brundage pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Contains fiction by Robert E. Howard "The Shadow of the Vulture" which features the only pulp appearance of Red Sonya. Also a Dennis Dorgan story by Patrick Ervin R. E. Howard. Other fiction by Frank Owen Seabury Quinn and others. Red Sonya was brought into the Hyborean world of Conan as Red Sonja in the comic books by writer Roy Thomas. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 455-456. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1886réf. 34453London: George Redway 1886. Very Rare First Edition. Illustrated within the text with various symbols relating to magic and the genre. 8vo bound in early half-calf over marbled paper covered boards. xliii 1 349 1 pp. A rare survival the text-block quite clean and very well preserved the binding with evidence of use and age with rubbing to the extremities. VERY RARE AND THE TRUE FIRST EDITION VERY SELDOM ENCOUNTERED IN COMMERCE. Perhaps the first truly significant publication of Lévi's work in the English language. R. A. Gilbert tells that Waite was fascinated by the quotes from Lévi that he read in Blavatsky's "Isis Unveiled" 1877 and that Waite promptly acquired a copy of Lévi's major work "Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie" which he began translating into English. In 1885 Waite suggested to the prominent Theosophist A. P. Sinnett that an anthology of Lévi's writings based on these translations would make a good book. Sinnett evidently agreed and recommended him to the publisher George Redway who took on the project thus beginning what would turn out to be a lengthy collaboration with Waite. In addition to translating and editing Lévi's essays Waite contributed a Biographical and Critical Essay. Gilbert B1. Weiser In the preface to The History of Magic Waite enumerates what he believed to be the nine key tenets of magic as codified in Levi's earlier work Doctrine and Ritual of Transcendental Magic. They are: 1 There is a potent and real Magic popular exaggerations of which are actually below the truth. 2 There is a formidable secret which constitutes the fatal science of good and evil. 3 It confers on many powers apparently super-human. 4 It is the traditional science of the secrets of Nature which has been transmitted to us from the Magi. 5 Initiation therein gives empire over souls to the sage and full capacity for ruling human wills. 6. Arising apparently from this science there is one infallible indefectible and truly catholic religion which has always existed in the world but it is unadapted for the multitude. 7 For this reason there has come into being the exoteric religion of apologue parable fable and wonder-stories which is all that is possible for the profane : it has undergone various transformations and it is represented at this day by Latin Christianity under the obedience of Rome. 8 Its veils are valid in their symbolism and it may be called valid for the crowd but the doctrine of initiates is tantamount to a negation of any literal truth therein. 9 It is Magic alone which imparts true science. Levi The three chief components of Levi's magical thesis were: Astral Light the Will and the Imagination. "Eliphas Lévi" the name under which he published his books was his attempt to translate or transliterate his given names "Alphonse Louis" into Hebrew .In 1854 Lévi visited England where he met the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton who was interested in Rosicrucianism as a literary theme and was the president of a minor Rosicrucian order. With Bulwer-Lytton Lévi conceived the notion of writing a treatise on magic. This appeared in 1855 under the title Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie and was translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite as Transcendental Magic its Doctrine and Ritual . Its famous opening lines present the single essential theme of Occultism and gives some of the flavor of its atmosp:Lévi's version of magic became a great success especially after his death. That Spiritualism was popular on both sides of the Atlantic from the 1850s contributed to this success. His magical teachings were free from obvious fanaticisms even if they remained rather murky; he had nothing to sell and did not pretend to be the inititate of some ancient or fictitious secret society . He incorporated the Tarot cards into his magical system and as a result the Tarot has been an important part of the paraphernalia of Western magicians. He had a deep impact on the magic of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later on the ex-Golden Dawn member Aleister Crowley . It was largely through the occultists inspired by him that Lévi is remembered as one of the key founders of the twentieth century revival of magic." wiki Arthur Edward Waite was a scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. As his biographer R.A. Gilbert described him "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism — viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion." Waite was a prolific author with many of his works being well received in academic circles. He wrote occult texts on subjects including divination esotericism Rosicrucianism Freemasonry black and ceremonial magic Kabbalism and alchemy ; he also translated and reissued several important mystical and alchemical works. His works on the Holy Grail influenced by his friendship with Arthur Machen were particularly notable. wiki George Redway hardcover
1674réf. 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.
1677réf. 2-0-32Leipzig, J. Ockel (in Sagan) für E. Fiebig, 1677. 8°, mit 1 Titel- und 1 Textholzschnitt, 216 S., Ppbd. d. Zt
1805réf. 303284-1Berlin u. Stettin, Nicolai 1789-1805. Mit 241 Kupferstichen auf 239 Tafeln (so komplett!). Pbde. d. Zt.
réf. 13464La philosophie Occulte.Divisée en trois livres et traduite du latin. Deux tomes en deux volumes in 8 (185x110mm) plein cuir fauve glacé d’époque, à nerfs, titre, roulette, tomaison, filets,caissons, palmettes dorés, roulette dorée sur les coupes. Tome premier : titre avec figure gravée, XX, 427 pages. Tome deuxième titre avec figure gravée, 317 pages, tranches rouges Nombreux tableaux et figures cabalistiques gravés, dans le texte et 12 planches gravées hors texte certaines dépliantes, nombreux bandeaux et fleurons gravés. Première édition de la traduction française par A.A Levasseur. A Lahaye chez R.Ch Alberts 1727. Très bon état. Fort rare. Caillet 95. « capital pour l’étude de la science occulte » DORBIN
1603Volume in folio legato in pelle di porco impressa a secco su assi di legno ("alla cappuccina"), dorso rinforzato in pelle ab antiquo (mende e piccole mancanze ai piatti, segni di tarli), sguardie (motto a pennino "Assai ben balla a chi la Fortuna suona" e timbro d'estinta biblioteca straniera, presente anche sul frontespizio), frontespizio inciso in rame con cartiglio centrale ed 11 vignette che lo contornano tutte riferite all'Esodo, 10 carte, bianca, 276 pp., 8 carte d'indici, occhiello, 268 pp., 9 carte d'indici, bianca, occhiello, due carte, 250 pp., 6 carte d'indici. Che dire: forse l'opera più vasta, esauriente ed esaustiva sulle arti magiche ed esoteriche scritta da Del Rio e che ebbe subito un'eccezionale accoglienza. E quella presentata è forse l'edizione più bella e ricercata, preziosa e rara. La copia in catalogo ha i piccoli difetti citati alla legatura (peraltro accettabile, anzi) e presenta tracce puntiformi di tarlo (e questo è dovuto principalmente alla presenza delle tavolette di legno della legatura) che non causano mai fastidio alla lettura e passano quasi del tutto inosservate. Qualche raro quaderno brunito d'un tenue tabacco. Lo studioso della materia esoterica quanto il curioso ed il ricercatore troveranno nell'opera eccezionale interesse. In bello stato, raro esemplare
1747réf. 5968Bologna, Bartolomeo Borghi, 1747. VIII, 313, (1) SS. Mit 16 gest. Tafeln und mehreren gedr. Schemata im Text. Flexibler italienischer Pappband der Zeit. 8vo.
1607réf. GEJ-7A Paris: chez Francois Huby, 1607. Book in French. In-12. Engreved title page in black, 7 sheets unnumbered and 242 numbered sheets. Later XIX c. full brown blind stamped calf. Gold lettering and ornamenting spine, red lables. Red paper edges. Clean ecrue endpapers. Nice ornameting and lettering, initial letters, some light browning and few water stains inside. Otherwise very clean without any anotations, marks or stamps. Complete. 2nd rare edition (First, 1605) of interesting and influential work on demonology and angelology. Very uncommon issue on the market. Rare in any edition. Tratise deals with the angels' names, their immortality, movement and the power by Spanish Jesuit theologian Juan de Maldonado (1533-1583). Juan Maldonado was a scholar and demonologist known for his profound knowledge of ancient languages. "Traicté des anges et demons" is a translation of some lectures of Maldonado, collected and translated by Canon Fr. Arnault de La Borie (1525?-1607) in 1605 and published in the same year in French. Bibliography: Coumont M:11.8., Wellcome I:3996., Not in Caillet (other ed. 7042), USTC No. 6024485. Provenance: No markings (?).
1605in-4 antico (mm. 210x140), pp. (30), 1 cb, 222 (manca ultima bianca), leg. m. perg. coeva con tit. oro al d. Marca tipogr. in legno. Dedicat. a Carlo Emanuele Duca di Savoia. Sonetto di Angelo Ingegneri a Cesare Della Riviera. A pag.24 incisione in legno con figura "geroglifica" del segno dell'Ariete. Seconda rara edizione, publicata 2 anni dopo la prima di Mantova del 1603, di opera esoterica e alchemica con riferimenti astrologici (influssi degli astri), tratta della magia naturale e della ricerca della pietra filosofale, si sofferma a spiegare cosa siano Geomanzia, Idromanzia e Piromanzia, con annotazioni etimologiche di alcuni vocaboli pertinenti derivanti dal latino e dal greco. Per la difficile comprensione del testo si rimanda alla riedizione curata da Julius Evola nel 1932. Magnaguti, Gli Osanna tipografi.... Caillet 2951. Piantanida 2177. Casanatense 372. Cantamessa 2118bis. Duveen 166. Due picc. mancanze di carta bianca al front., e alla perg. del d. Belliss. esempl. genuino. [598]
1575réf. GEJ-14Romae (Rome), In Aedibus Populi Romani, 1575. [24], 262, [2] pp. In-4°. Book in Latin. The work is adorned with a woodcut printer’s device on the title page, fine ornamental initials, and an extensive, enlarged index preceding the main text. Old handwriten title letering to spine. Full original vellum binding and endpapers. XXth century bookplate with the initials J.B to front pastedown. Some early shelf-mark on first blank leaf and annotaions on the last pastedown. Foxing, worholes and some discolorations. Otherwise good and complete copy. This volume represents the important and rare second edition of De strigimagarum, daemonumque mirandis (“On the Marvels of Witch-Magicians and Demons”), a landmark early modern treatise on witchcraft, demonology, and inquisitorial procedure. First published in Rome in 1521 by Antonio Blado, the text was reissued in this substantially revised edition more than fifty years later. As noted on the title page, this 1575 printing was meticulously corrected and purged of the countless typographical errors that plagued the earlier publication. The author, Silvestro Mazzolini da Prierio (ca. 1456–1527), known as Prierias, was a distinguished Dominican theologian, inquisitor, and Master of the Sacred Palace under Pope Leo X. Famously remembered as one of the earliest Catholic theologians to publicly challenge Martin Luther, Prierias skillfully combined scholastic theology, canon law, and his extensive personal inquisitorial experience to address the contemporary socio-religious crisis of witchcraft. The treatise is organized into three distinct books. The first explores the theoretical, theological, and philosophical foundations of demonology, examining the nature of the soul, angels, and demons, alongside the limits of their influence on the physical world. The second book focuses directly on the witches themselves (strigimagae), providing a detailed contemporary account of diabolical pacts, harmful magic (maleficium), nocturnal flight, and the reality of the witches' Sabbath. Historically, Prierias's work is of paramount importance due to its radical reinterpretation of the medieval Canon Episcopi. While that traditional authority dismissed the nocturnal journeys of women as mere demonic illusions, Prierias argued that early modern witchcraft had evolved into a far more dangerous threat. In his view, the witch was not merely suffering from delusions, but was actively guilty of heresy, superstition, apostasy, and deliberate maleficium. This pivotal intellectual shift effectively bridged older canon-law precedents with the increasingly aggressive sixteenth-century prosecution of witchcraft. The third book shifts entirely to a juridical framework, treating witchcraft strictly as a form of heresy. It serves as a practical manual for magistrates and inquisitors, offering concrete guidance on investigating accusations, evaluating evidence, conducting formal trials, and determining punishments. This pragmatic approach is explicitly signaled in the title: una cum praxi exactissima, et ratione formandi processus contra ipsas (“together with a most exact practice and method for conducting proceedings against them”). While developing its arguments within a strict Dominican and Thomistic framework, the work belongs to the same influential tradition of judicial demonology as the Malleus Maleficarum. Ultimately, De strigimagarum stands as a crucial transition point in European history, mapping the evolution from late-medieval theological theory to the highly systemic, institutionalized judicial demonology that fueled the great witch trials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This 1575 edition remains an indispensable primary source for the study of Renaissance demonology and early modern jurisprudence. Bibliography: USTC 841748; OCLC 79459438; Folger Shakespeare Library, BF1520 .M2; Robbins Collection, University of California, Berkeley, BX1713 .M39 1575; Caillet, Caillet 8974; Graesse V, p. 442; Bibliotheca Magica 833; Michael Tavuzzi, Prierias: The Life and Works of Silvestro Mazzolini da Prierio, 1456–1527, Durham & London, 1997. Provenance: Old Ex libris with initials J.B. - (library ?) or Private Collection (?).
1597In-4°; pp. (16), 1177, (3). Dedica a Papa Clemente VIII. Legatura in piena pergamena molle con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Al frontespizio una nota manoscritta coeva recita "Expensis Regiis Villalpandus"; accanto al titolo timbro a inchiostro della biblioteca Borghese. Edizione originale di quest’opera enciclopedica, che fu poi messo all'indice. Fu ristampato in successive edizioni solo a Praga e Francoforte, con privilegi che esplicitamente vengono ottenuti grazie alle censura di una parte del testo. L'opera è strutturata in ventitre colloqui, tra il teologo, il cavaliere e il filosofo, ciascuno dei quali ha un argomento, ad esempio Meteora, Lapides, Metalla, Herbae, Plantae, Ignis ecc.; vi si tratta tra l’altro di fossili, vulcanologia, biologia, entomologia ecc.; molti i riferimenti all'Orbe Novo, in particolare al Messico e al Giappone con l'esplicito richiamo a Xavier, Froes e agli altri viaggiatori Gesuiti. Il libro è concepito come un Museo di rarità di scienze naturali. Evidentemente il Maiolo non esita a descrivere scrupolosamente anche molti aspetti esoterici e soprannaturali, tanto da incorrere nella censura: sono questi gli anni del processo a Giordano Bruno. Il Maioli voleva con questa voluminosa opera condensare tutto il sapere dei suoi tempi, e in particolare censisce le ultime scoperte, siano esse stata fatte per invenzione e sperimentazione, siano esse dei rari ritrovamenti in natura nelle terre che in quegli anni venivano per la prima volta esplorate. cfr. Weeler Gift cat. 70 : "Properties of the load stone p.780, Ethiopian magnet said to repel iron p. 781, Magnetic clock of Gerbert (Pope Sylvester II) p.783. Il Maioli oltre ad interessarsi di scienze naturali fu Canonista, nacque ad Asti verso il 1520, vescovo di Volturara dal 1572, morì 1598. Edizione successive di questa opera sono anche citate in: Krivatsy 7287; Caillet 7023; Hozenav Lancaster 2867; Wellcome I 3994. Ex-libris Mario Carmenati.
1927réf. 31906Camden NJ: Personal Arts Company Publishers 1927-1928. Issues slightly trimmed for binding otherwise quite fine with little tanning to text paper mostly cream colored. At the base of the spine is stamped "Dunninger Collection." A lovely presentation. 31906. Octavo five issues pictorial wrappers bound in blue boards with gold stamping to spine. A bound volume of all five issues that were noted magician Joseph Dunningers copy with his signed name and also inscribed and signed by editor/author Walter Gibson to Joe Dunninger. Gibson wrote several books about magic for Dunninger they were lifelong friends. This is likely a presentation volume to Dunninger. Tales of Magic and Mystery was a short lived magazine which published stories and articles about magic and the occult as well as some short fiction. The March 1928 issue published the H. P. Lovecraft short story "Cool Air." Other authors of fiction include Frank Owen Miriam Allen de Ford Archie Binns Robert Leslie Bellem and others. Gibson wrote most non-fiction material under his own name and also using the pseudonyms Alfred Maurice and Bernard Perry. Personal Arts Company, Publishers unknown
1833réf. ST12867New York: N. C. Nafis 1833. 144 x 85 mm. 5 5/8 x 3 3/8". 71 pp. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GRAY-GREEN PRINTED BOARDS upper cover with titling and an illustration of a gentleman identified as the author lower cover with two amusing woodcuts "The Lawyer and his Client" a bewigged gentleman astride an ass and "Hocus Poke-us" two boys fighting. In a brown cloth chemise and a slightly rubbed matching calf-backed slipcase. With a folding frontispiece depicting a conjurer and his assistant onstage before an amazed crowd. Toole-Stott 724. ◆Small stains at top and bottom of spine covers just slightly grubby endpapers a bit browned text with light inoffensive foxing but for what it is AN UNUSUALLY FINE COPY the fragile binding entirely sound and the text remarkably fresh and clean. Given the materials it was made from and the hard use it would have been expected to suffer this is an exceptionally well-preserved copy of a popular handbook of conjuring tricks an early American edition of a work first compiled in 1722 by the British magician Henry Dean. Dean's work was itself based on Reginald Scot's influential "Discoverie of Witchcraft" 1584 which sought to discredit belief in "supernatural" forces by exposing the tricks by which conjurers deceived their audience. In the publications of Dean and subsequent editors this exposé of witchcraft evolved into a guide for performing parlor tricks. Our edition is a reprint or reissue of the 1831 version published by R. Schoyer; because the word "renowned" is spelled "renowed" on both title pages Toole-Stott speculates that Nafis bought sheets from Schoyer suggesting that our item would have been a reissue. These insubstantial guide books typically experienced considerable uncareful use in the hands of amateur and often juvenile magicians; consequently the few copies that do appear on the market are in deplorable shape. N. C. Nafis unknown
1833réf. ST12867New York: N. C. Nafis 1833. 144 x 85 mm. 5 5/8 x 3 3/8". 71 pp. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GRAY-GREEN PRINTED BOARDS upper cover with titling and an illustration of a gentleman identified as the author lower cover with two amusing woodcuts "The Lawyer and his Client" a bewigged gentleman astride an ass and "Hocus Poke-us" two boys fighting. In a brown cloth chemise and a slightly rubbed matching calf-backed slipcase. With a folding frontispiece depicting a conjurer and his assistant onstage before an amazed crowd. Toole-Stott 724. ◆Small stains at top and bottom of spine covers just slightly grubby endpapers a bit browned text with light inoffensive foxing but for what it is AN UNUSUALLY FINE COPY the fragile binding entirely sound and the text remarkably fresh and clean. Given the materials it was made from and the hard use it would have been expected to suffer this is an exceptionally well-preserved copy of a popular handbook of conjuring tricks an early American edition of a work first compiled in 1722 by the British magician Henry Dean. Dean's work was itself based on Reginald Scot's influential "Discoverie of Witchcraft" 1584 which sought to discredit belief in "supernatural" forces by exposing the tricks by which conjurers deceived their audience. In the publications of Dean and subsequent editors this exposé of witchcraft evolved into a guide for performing parlor tricks. Our edition is a reprint or reissue of the 1831 version published by R. Schoyer; because the word "renowned" is spelled "renowed" on both title pages Toole-Stott speculates that Nafis bought sheets from Schoyer suggesting that our item would have been a reissue. These insubstantial guide books typically experienced considerable uncareful use in the hands of amateur and often juvenile magicians; consequently the few copies that do appear on the market are in deplorable shape. N. C. Nafis unknown books
1595réf. GEJ-15Venezia, apud Francesco De Franceschi, 1595. In-8, pp. [8] 199 [13]. Small octavo (16 x 10 cm). 8 leaves, 199 (paginated) leaves, 25 unnumbered pages (index), 1 leaf (Errate sic corrige). Complete. Contemporary overlapping vellum with handwritten spine titles and 4 leather-band straps, but only 1 full lenght functionally. Interior minimally rubbed and bumped, slightly stained and dusty. 1st edition, Very Rare!!! Ex-libris on the first bookplate belonging to Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels, who was a 17 century notable physician and polymath, professor, and later the Rector of the University of Erfurt. The treatise under title De morbis veneficis ac veneficiis (On Poisoning Witches and Spells), published in 1595 in Venice by the physician Giovan Battista Codronchi (1547–1628), is a significant, is rare 16th-century work focusing on the intersection of medicine and demonology. Codronchi wrote the treatise to analyze "diabolical illnesses" (specifically regarding his daughter) and to define the roles of physicians versus exorcists in cases of presumed poisoning or witchcraft. (Akademia.edu) Author has an extensive account of the present work is given by Thorndike who deals with its role in the history of witchcraft. Codronchi (1547-1628) was a physician from Imola, whose works according to Hirsch all show deep knowledge and originality. Bibliographie: USTC No.823353; Caillet, 2435, Dorbon (Bibliotheca Esoterica), 829; Yvesa Plessis, 224; Graesse (Bibliotheca Magica et Pneumatica), Chapter VIII: "Von den Zauberkrankheiten" (On diseases caused by witchcraft); Garrison & Morton, A Medical Bibliography, 1718; Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection, 114, Thorndike, VI; Hansen, "Quellen und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des Hexenwahns; Bibliotheca Osleriana, 2343; OCLC: 165994812. "Plessis, like Caillet, appreciates Codronchi for his attempt to systematize medical knowledge in the forensic service (recognizing whether a given case is a natural disease or the effect of "maleficia".(Plessis) "Grässe appreciated this work as one of the first systematic treatises in which a physician attempted to provide scientific (for that time) criteria for distinguishing natural diseases from the effects of "magical poisons".(Graesse) "Garrison and Morton mention De morbis veneficis... They indicate that it was this work on poisons and witchcraft, published two years earlier, that prepared the ground for the later treatise on forensic medicine". (Garrison and Morton). Provenance: Ex-libris on the first bookplate belonging to Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels, who was a 17 century notable physician and polymath, professor, and later the Rector of the University of Erfurt. Book is bound with: Bartholomäus Carrichter: Kräuterbuch. Darinnen begriffen, under welchen zeichen Zodiaci, auch in welchem Gradu ein jedes Kraut stehe, wie sie in Leib unnd zu allen Schäden zu bereyten, und zu welcher zeit sie zu colligieren sein. Anton Bertram 1589. Kl.-8° (16 x 10 cm). 8 Bll., 223(1) S., 8.
1555réf. GEJ-11Pescia: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1555, 4to, [13] 18-126 [1] of colophon 1 blank. Book in Italian. 1st Italian Edition (2nd overall) of this rare demonology tratise. Later (18/19 .century) later half morocco with gold lettered spine and blank pages. Marbled endpapers. Architectural woodcut border on title-page with a small view of Florence and with Medici coat of arms. Woodcut initials, woodcut vignette on verso of A4. Colophon leaf at end. Very ginuine interior, clean, without marks, annotations, stamps and ex libris. No foxing and stains. Complete. First Italian edition and the first translation from the 1523 Latin original by Turino Turini, marking the earliest book on witchcraft printed in the Italian vernacular. While the dialogue format reinforces the grim theological framework of the Malleus Maleficarum and contemporary inquisitorial manuals regarding sabbaths and demonic pacts, it stands apart for its erudition. By sophisticatedly weaving classical and pagan citations into medieval scholastic precepts, Pico della Mirandola effectively pioneered the "humanistic literature of witchcraft," bridging Renaissance intellectualism and counter-reformation demonology. The work embodies the Renaissance approach to demonology, demonstrating how a humanist could substantiate the reality of witchcraft, transvection, and the sabbath using classical sources alongside scripture and inquisitorial manuals. Ultimately, the early modern obsession with demonology is presented not as an irrational residue of a rational age, but as a foundational conceptual nexus essential to understanding sixteenth-century philosophy. Bibliography: Censimento 16 CNCE 34704; Riccardi II, 281; Moreni, Annali della tipografia di Lorenzo Torrentino, s. 394; Sander 5688; Graesse V, 283; USTC No. 848435; Caillet 8654; Encyclopaedia of Witchcraft 2006.
