17th Century Books
Thesaurus Exorcismorum atque conjurationum terribilium
POLYDORO, Valerio et alPotentissimorum, efficacissimorum, cum PRACTICA probatissima: QUIBUS SPIRITUS MALIGNI, Daemones Maleficiaeq[ue], omnia de Corporibus humanis obsessis, tanquam FLAGELLIS FUSTIBUSQUE FUGANTUR, expelluntur, doctrinis refertissimus atq[ue] uberrimus: Ad maximam EXORCITARUM commoditatem in lucem editus & recusus: Cujus Authores, ut & singuli tractatus, sequente pagella consignati, inveniunturColoniae [Cologne]: Lazarus Zetzner.. 1608. The complete guide to exorcism First edition thus. 8vo. 152x92mm. pp. [16], 1272, [46]. Bound by Hatton of Manchester (ticket on front pastedown) in nineteenth century tan half calf, cloth covered boards. Spine with five raised bands, second compartment with red morocco label lettered in gilt.
View full detailsTumba Semiramidis Hermeticè sigillata, Quam Si Sapiens aperuerit, Non Cyrus, Ambitiosus; Avarus, Regum ille thesauros, divitiarum inexhaustos, quod sufficiat, inveniet.
H.V.Dn.p. [Germany]. 1674. "the perfect Cure of all Diseases". The search for the Philosopher's Stone. First edition. 12mo. pp. [10], 37 [1bl]. Text in Latin. Bound in 19th century decorated cloth covered boards.
View full detailsSignatura Rerum: or the Signature of all Things.
BÖHME, Jacob [BEHMEN, Jacob]shewing the sign, and signification of the severall forms and shapes in the creation: and what the beginning, ruin, and cure of every thing is; it proceeds out of eternity into time, and again out of time into eternity, and comprizeth all mysteries. Written in High Dutch, MDCXXII. by Jacob Behmen, alias Teutonicus Phylosophus.London: Printed by John Macock for Giles Calvert.. 1651. "the first German philosopher" First edition. Small 4to. 178x130mm. pp. [8], 224. Collates A4-Ff4. Contemporary calf, double fillet borders in blind. Rebacked to style with red morocco label lettered in gilt.
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