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Stregoneria - Maffei, Scipione

Magical Art Annihilated, 1754

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€ 200 - 300

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€ 1.536

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Verona, Antonio Andreoni, 1754. In 4th. Woodcut friezes on the title page and in the text. Linked with [Lugiato, Andrea] , Reflections on the annihilated magic art , Venice, Francesco Pitteri, 1755. Woodcut vignette on the title page, rare modern annotations handwritten in pencil. Linked with Graseri, Giovanni Battista , Propugnatio adnotationum criticarum in sermonem De Maria Renata Saga, adversus responsa P. Georgii Gaar [...], Venice, Pietro Valvasense , 1752. Woodcut frieze on the title page. Contemporary parchment binding with red gusset with title and friezes embossed in gold on the spine. Handwritten notes to the first card of the first work. Together in the lot Maffei Scipione , Magic art vanished. Letter [...] to Father Innocente Ansaldi of the Order of Preachers. Verona, Agostino Carattoni, 1750. In 4 °. Typographical frieze on the title page, initials and woodblock header. Linked with Lugiato, Andrea , Remarks on the booklet titled Magic Art vanished [...] . Venice, Simone Occhi, 1750, sporadic blooms. Linked with Reply to the answer entitled destroyed magic art , Verona, Angelo Targa, 1751. Linked with Fiorio, Antonio , Destroyed magic art, Trento , Brunati, 1750. Linked with Melchiori, Bartolomeo , Epistolary dissertation [...] entitled of the murders committed with spell , Venice, Pietro Bassaglia, 1750. Contemporary parchment binding with title and friezes engraved in gold within a red patch on the spine. § Together in the lot Preati, Bartolomeo , The magic art demonstrated , Venice, Remondini, 1751. In 4th. § Together in the lot another miscellany dedicated to witchcraft and magical arts.

Specialist Notes

Interesting collection of the main writings dedicated to the debate that arose around the publication of Of the nocturnal congress of the Lammies published by Girolamo Tartarotti in 1749. Among these is the first edition of The magic art disappeared written by the historian and scholar of Veronese origin Scipione Maffei (1675-1755) who criticizes Tartarotti for not having carried through the Enlightenment criticism and having maintained a superstitious attitude towards magic, of which the Rovereto abbot does not deny the 'existence.