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Esoterismo - Demonologia - Wier, Johannes
Theatrum de Veneficis. Von Teuffelsgespenst Zaubern Schwarzkuenstlern, Hexen und Unholden, vieler fuernemmen Historien und Exemple ..., 1586
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Frankfurt, N. Basse, 1586. In 2nd. Frontispiece printed in red and black with allegorical woodcut vignette, ornate drop caps, letterpress mark on the front of the final white. Tied up with Bodin, & nbsp; Jean. De magorum Daemonomania Vom Ausgelassnen wutigen Teuffelsheer, allerhand Zauberern, Hex und Hexenmeistern ... Strasbourg: B. Jobin, 1591. Frontispiece printed in red and black with oval portrait. Linked with Wier, Joannes . De praestigiis Daemonum. Von Teuffelsgespenst Zauberern und Gifftbereytern, Schwartzkunstlern, Hexen und Unholden ... Frankfurt, N. Basse, 1586. Frontispiece printed in red and black with allegorical woodcut vignette, specimen with damp spots and uniform browning, woodworm hole at external margin of some files which rarely affects the mirror of the text, restored on some papers. original parchment binding, ribbed spine, title of the first manuscript work with one compartment, traces of laces on the front plate, spots and small woodworm holes, slight defects.
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Johann Wier (Grave, 1515 - Tecklenburg, February 24, 1588) was a Dutch physician and demonologist, a pupil of the German philosopher and physician Agrippa of Nettesheim. De praestigiis Daemonum met eight editions while the author was alive and from 1566 it was divided into six books: the first book of the work deals with the origin and powers of the devil, the second with magicians, the third of the witches, the fourth of the possessed and of those who believe they are victims of evil, the fifth of their healing and the sixth of the punishment to be inflicted on witches and wizards. II work: second edition of the German translation of the famous work. Rosenthal 3962; Caillet 1274 and 11434; Crowe 602; Adams W 143.
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