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Contemporary criticism to Nostradamus prophecies View picture(s) 1 COUILLARD, Antoine. Les contredicts du Seigneur du Pavillon, lez Lorris, en Gastinois, aux faulses & abbusifves propheties de Nostradamus, & autres astrologues. Adiousté quelques oeuvres de Michel Marot, fils de feu Clément Marot, prince des poètes Francois. Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1560. Small 8vo. 19th century Jansenist style red morocco, spine ribbed with title lettered in gold, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (JOLY). Woodcut printer's device on title. (6), 116, (8) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Astrology  France  Occult  Occult Sciences  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Teaching all alchemists' and occult knowledge View picture(s) 2 FOLLIN, Herman. Den Nederlandtsche sleutel van t'secreet der philosophie, in welck grondelijc bewesen wert, d'aert, so in 't generael, als in 't bysonder aller metallen, als goudt, silver, coper, etc. En die gheheele alchijmie, met  haer verborghentheden. Midsgaders d'eerste materie der Philosophen, dat is: Quinta essentia des wijns, met haren volcomen ghebruyck, en verclaringhe aller duystere woorden des voorsz. constes, op dat Paracelsus claerlijck in alles mach werden verstaen. Haarlem, Adriaen Rooman for Daniel de Keyser, 1613. Small 8vo. Modern vellum. With 3 half-page woodcuts in the text - one of them is repeated on the title -, all showing distilling apparatus. 76 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Alchemy  Friesland  Hermetica  Medicine  Occult  Occult Sciences  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Views on cosmology and the influence of the planets and the four elements on the human body View picture(s) 3 GICHTEL, Johann Georg and Johann Georg GRABER. Eine kurze Eröffnung und Anweisung der dreyen Principien und Welten im Menschen in unterschiedlichen Figuren vorgestellet.....Abgemahlet und vorgestellet durch Johan Georg Grabern von Ringenhausen, Johan Georg Gichteln von Regensburg, im Jahr Christi 1696. (No place, no publisher), 1736. 8vo. With 20th-century boards. With title printed in red and black, and five (1 double-page) engraved plates, all handcoloured, and of which 4 heightened with gold. 175, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Hermetica  Occult  Occult Sciences  Theosophy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare first edition of the intriguing occult and miscellaneous works of a physician from Zierikzee, Zeeland View picture(s) 4 LEMNIUS, Levinus. Occulta naturae miracula, ac varia rerum documenta, probabili ratione atque artifici coniectura duobus libris explicata, quae studioso avidoque lectori non tam usui sunt futura, quam oblectamento. Antwerp, Willem Simon, 1559. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary calf with two triple fillet borders on both sides with flower ornament in the centre and four gilt corner pieces, gilt stamp on raised spine. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut coat of arms on title of the second part, woodcut initials in text. (16), 192 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Medicine  Natural History  Occult  Physics  Religion  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The secret miracles of nature revealed View picture(s) 5 LEMNIUS, Levinus. Occulta naturae miracula, ac varia rerum documenta, probabili ratione atque artifici coniectura explicata. Antwerp, G. Simon (printed by Christopher Plantin), 1567. 8vo. 17th century calf, spine ribbed and gilt with red morocco title label, central oval gilt supralibros of The Society of Writers to the Signet on both covers, gilt board edges. Woodcut printer's device on title and oval woodcut portrait of Lemnius on verso 5th leaf. (16), 473, (22, last blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Medicine  Natural History  Occult  Physics  Religion  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two famous tracts by two of the most interesting scholars of the Middle Ages View picture(s) 6 LULLIUS, Raimundus. De secretis naturae, sive quinta essentia libri duo. Hic accesserunt Alberti Magni De mineralibus & rebus metallicis libri quinque. Quae omnia solerti cura repurgata rerum naturae studiosis recens publicata sunt per Gualtherum H. Ryff. Venice, Petrus Schoeffer, 1542. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. With 8 woodcuts in the first part, showing an oven and various vessels. 324, (6) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Alchemy  Occult  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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At the threshold of modern science View picture(s) 7 MAZZOTTA, Benedetto. De triplici philosophia naturali, astrologica, et minerali. In quibus differit cohaerenter de elementis, & varijs mixtorum proprietatibus. Possibilitate corporis physici cpmpleti non compositi. Productione mundi temporanea, & eius possibilitate ab aeterno. Compositione continui ex solis indivisibilibus finitis, & probaliter ex inflatis. Productione substantiae. Infinito. Intensione. Rarefactione, & condensatione. De modo formandi veros colores Lapidum pretiosorum. Specula ustoria, & praeparandi lapidem luminosum. De metheoris omnibus. Metallorum natura, & transmutatione, rebusque mineralibus, aliique; arcanis chymicis. Effectibus planetarum iuxta varias eorum configurationes, eclipsibus, & magnis coniunctionibus, alijsque causis coelestibus, & novis, praeter communes, planetarum aspectibus, & eorum significatis; alijsque quaestionibus naturalibus, astrologicis, & mineralibus. Opus theol. phil. medicis, chymicis, & astrologis iucundum, ac simul utile. Bologna, Io. Baptista Ferroni, 1653. 4to. Contemp. bound in a vellum leaf of a mediaeval musical manuscript. With large allegorical woodcut of the requisites of natural scientists and alchemists on title, richly engraved allegorical frontispiece with flying cherubs and little naked children paying honour to the tree of knowledge comprising the coat of arms of Bologna, signed Il Coriolano, some astronomical woodcut figures and engravings in text, full-page engraved plate with illustrations of celestial fire, some woodcut tables, one full-page, of the signs of the Zodiac and numerous small astrological signs in text in the last part. (10, 2 blank), 148, 252 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Alchemy  Astrology  Astronomy & Cosmography  Occult  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the "Tormentor of Macon" View picture(s) 8 PERREAUD (PERRAULT), François. Demonologie ou traitte des demons et sorciers: de leur puissance & impuissance. Ensemble l' Antidemon de Mascon ou histoire veritable de ce qu'un demon a fait & dit, il y a quelques années, en la maison dudit Sr. Perreaud à Mascon. Genève, Pierre Aubert, 1653. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. With small woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials and head-and tailpieces. (32), 233, (23); 78 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Demonology  Humanism  Occult  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The invention of the telescope View picture(s) 9 PORTA, Giambattista. Magiae naturalis, libri XX. Ab ipso authore expurgati, & superaucti, in quibus scientiarum naturalium divitiae, & delitiae demonstrantur. Naples, Horatius Salvianus, 1589. Small folio. 19th century half green calf, spine gilt. Title with rich ornamental Renaissance woodcut border; medallion woodcut portrait of the author at the age of fifty on verso of the title; several woodcut illustrations of stones, distilling equipment, on catoptrics, etc. in text, as well as 20 large ornamental Renaissance woodcut headpieces and numerous small woodcut vignettes and initials. (16), 303, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Occult  Optics  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Influential and popular work on natural history and magic View picture(s) 10 PORTA, Johannes Baptista (Giambattista). Magiae naturalis, sive de miraculis rerum naturalium libri IIII. Cum indice. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1585. 16mo. Sl. later vellum. 296, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Occult  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An important treatise against witchcraft View picture(s) 11 SCOTT, Reginald (Reynold). Ontdecking van Tovery, beschreven in Engels, verduytst by Th. en G. Basson. (Colophon: Leiden, printed by Willem Christiaens, 1637). 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. With engraved title-page by Sillemans, and 2 full-page etched portraits of Jeanne d'Arc. [32], 351 [= 355], [17] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  Dutch  English  Magic & Conjuring  Occult  Witchcraft  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unicorns, bezoar stones, emeralds & pearls for medicinal use View picture(s) 12 SILVATICUS (SELVATICO), Joannes Baptista. De Unicornu, Lapide Bezaar, Smaragdo, & Margaritis: eorumq. in Febribus Pestilen. usu Tractatio. Bergamo, Comino Ventura, 1605. 4to. 17th- or 18th-century sprinkled calf, gold-tooled spine, blind-tooled board edges, later endpapers. Title-page in red and black with a woodcut publisher's device, 5 decorated woodcut initial letters (plus 2 repeats) and 5 woodcut decorations used as head- and tailpieces (plus 2 repeats). [7], [1 blank], 160 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Alchemy  Earth Sciences [Mineralogy]  Italy  Medicine  Occult  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An enquiry into the nature and place of Hell View picture(s) 13 SWINDEN, [TOBIAS]. Recherches sur la Nature du Feu de l'Enfer, Et du Lieu  où il est situé. Traduit de l'Anglois par (J.) Bion. Amsterdam, 1757. 19th century vellum, gilt-lined, with red title-label on spine. With 2 folding engraved plates, one of the solar and one of the stellar composition. XVI, 271, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Occult  Popular Books  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A christian view on ghosts, spirits, phantoms and disembodied souls View picture(s) 14 TAILLEPIED, Noel. Traité de l'apparition des esprits. A scavoir, des ames separees, fantosmes, prodiges; &  accidents merveilleux, qui precedent quelquefois la mort des grands personnages, ou signifient changemes de la chose publique. Brussels, Pierre Ximenez, 1609. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed with title label lettered in gold. Woodcut device on title. (22), 314, (21) pp. a11, A12-O12. Full description >> Related Subjects: Demonology  Occult  Occult Sciences  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Your dreams explained View picture(s) 15 [CHAPBOOK - PROGNOSTICATIONS]. Droomboek, met deszelfs uytlegging, waer in, uyt  natuerlyke oorzaeken der oude philosoophen en waerzeggers, verklaert en uyt geleyd worden alle droomen oft nagt-gezigten, die den mensch (als hy slaept) voor-komen mogen. Waer uyt dat men zyn geluk of ongeluk vernemen kan, zonder eenige vermindering der kragt Gods. Amst., Wed. Gysbert de Groot, is te koop tot Brussel, P.J. De Haes, (ca. 1695). Sm. 8vo. Preserved in modern wrappers. With popular woodcut of a sleeping man on title. 36 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Chapbooks  Children's Books  Dictionaries  Occult  Psychology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Four popular works, erotic as well as occult, bound contemporarily in one volume View picture(s) 16 [COURTIN, Antoine DE]. Traité de la jalousie, ou moyens d'entretenir la paix dans le marriage. Jouxte la copie imprimée. Paris (= Utrecht), Helie Josset (= Elzevier), 1682. 12mo. Contemporary calf. With fine engraved frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe. (12), 168, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Courtesy Books  Erotica  Literature  Occult  Occult Sciences  Popular Books  Women  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The oldest book of prophecies in French. From the library of Stanislas de Guaita View picture(s) 17 [OCCULT SCIENCES]. Livre merveilleux, contenant en bref la fleur et substance de plusieurs traittez, tant des propheties & revelations, qu'anciennes croniques, faisant mention de tous les faictz de l'eglise universelle, comme des scismes, discords & tribulations advenir en l'eglise de Rome, & d'un temps auquel on ostera & tollira aux gens d'eglise & clergé, leurs biens temporelz, tellement qu'on ne leur laissera, que leur viure & habit necessaire. Item aussi est faicte mention, des souverains evesques & papes, qui aprés regneront & gouverneront l'eglise. Et speciallement d'un Pape qui sera appellé Pasteur Angelique. Et d'un Roy de France, nommé Charles, sainct homme. Item, du temps du grand & du dernier Antechrist, & apres sa mort, jusques au dernier jour du Jugement. & en la fin du monde, & quant ce doit estre. De nouvueau a esté adiousté vers la fin une prophetie laquelle demonstre ce qui est advenu depuis le Roy Françoys premier iusques à present & jusques à l'an 1569. Reveu & corrigé par messieurs de la faculté de Theologie de Paris, l'an 1565. Paris, Thibault Bessault, 1565. 8vo. Late 18th-century straight grained red morocco, gilt and decorated spine with title lettered in gold, triple gilt lines along edges of sides, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. (DEROME?). Woodcut printer's device with elephant on title, woodcut headpiece and endpieces, woodcut initials. (54) lvs.; collation: A8, BM4, L2. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Bindings  French  Occult  Occult Sciences  Provenance  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The secrets of the masonry rites and rituals revealed View picture(s) 18 [WOLSON, Thomas]. De metselaar ontmomd, of het rechte geheim der vrye metselaren ontdekt, in allen deele oprechtelyk en zonder achterhouding, door een gewezen vryen metselaar. Derde druk. Arnhem, Jacob Nyhoff, 1753. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. wrappers. Woodcut Free Mason device on title, 2 large folding engraved plates with the interior of the Temple, attributes of the Free Masons and instructions for the positions of the members in the Temple, 1 smaller folding engraved plate with Free Masonry attributes and signs. (8), 106 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Freemasonry  Occult  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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