BROGNOLO, Candido (1607-1677). Manuale exorcistarum, ac parochorum, hoc est tractatus de curatione, ac protectione divina. Bergamo: Marco Antonio Rubei, 1651.
4° (204 x 158mm). Half title, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Occasional light waterstaining and browning.) Later vellum, manuscript title on spine, marbled edges. Provenance: St. Pervi (inscription on title dated 1664).
RARE FIRST EDITION of this alchemical text which was placed on the Index in 1727. The work discusses exorcism, possessed individuals and liberation rituals. Only one copy is recorded as having sold at auction on ABPC/AE. Caillet 1688 (1658 edition: ‘Manuel d'exorcisme fort rare’).
BROGNOLO, Candido (1607-1677). Manuale exorcistarum, ac parochorum, hoc est tractatus de curatione, ac protectione divina. Bergamo: Marco Antonio Rubei, 1651.
4° (204 x 158mm). Half title, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Occasional light waterstaining and browning.) Later vellum, manuscript title on spine, marbled edges. Provenance: St. Pervi (inscription on title dated 1664).
RARE FIRST EDITION of this alchemical text which was placed on the Index in 1727. The work discusses exorcism, possessed individuals and liberation rituals. Only one copy is recorded as having sold at auction on ABPC/AE. Caillet 1688 (1658 edition: ‘Manuel d'exorcisme fort rare’).
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