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New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to or small folio size. Volumes XIII-XIV. And Volume XV, No. I. (The complete year of 1851 plus one extra issue - January 1852). Volume XIII (Jan. - Jun.) pp. iv, 144. Volume XIV (Jul. - Dec.) pp. 140. Volume XV, No. I, pp. 24.With many wood engraved illustrations. Bound in quarter sheep with marbled boards. Spine and covers are well rubbed and worn. Outer hinges and head caps are professionally restored; board corner tips are neatly repaired. Interior is foxed. Owner's name is written in an old hand in the margins of several pages. Upper marginal corners are chipped on pp. 41-44 (Vol. XIV, No. II). The journal describes itself as "devoted to phrenology, physiology, magnetism, education, mechanism, agriculture, and to all those progressive measures which are calculated to reform, elevate, and improve mankind." Contains columns on a variety of subjects - human and animal phrenology, book reviews, mechanics…
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Phantasmata or illusions and fanaticisms of protean forms productive of great evils.
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London: T.C. Newby, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 volumes. Volume I. pp. xliii, 504, [24p. catalogue]. Volume II. pp. iv, 588. With frontispiece plate depicting Joan of Arc visited by the Bishop of Beauvais after her condemnation. Re-backed/re-hung in original blind-stamped publishers cloth boards, preserving the original spines. Binding is solid but shows rubbing and wear to the extremities. Interior pages reveal occasional mild scattered foxing. Pages vi-vii in the preface to volume I contain minor marginalia in an old hand (several small markings). The frontispiece (volume I) is mildly damp stained; the title page opposite displays some toning and offsetting. The bottom margin corner of p. 89 (vol. II) is chipped. Inner hinges to both volumes are neatly strengthened. Includes chapters on epidemic disorders of the mind, the sorcery of ancient times and its relations to modern witchcraft, dreams and visions Swedenborg and his revelations, St. Teresa, her visions and revelations, the Inquisition in various countries, opinions of Catholic and Protestant Churches on the subject of sorcery, the revived sorcery of Paganism, the Flagellation mania, on malefic spirits. Volume II devotes 7 chapters to Joan of Arc. Other chapters discuss epidemic monomania and demonopathy in several convents i.e. Loudun and Louviers. Theomania and convulsive behavior in Protestant communities is also discussed. [Crabtree 779].
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American phrenological journal and repository of science, literature, and general intelligence.
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La Science curieuse, ou traité de la chyromance, récueilly des plus graves autheurs qui ont traité de cette matiere, & plus exactement recherché quil na esté cy-devant par aucun autre.
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Paris: Francois Clovsier, 1667. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 212. With 90 engraved plates most of which contain 16 palmistry figures. Several plates contain a whole palm illustrated. Bound in full period calf; re-backed preserving original gilt spine. Boards show rubbing and wear; board corners are neatly restored. Top edge of book block is a bit rubbed. Interior contains some marginal soiling and foxing; several areas of marginal worming and worm tracks are present in the upper and lower margins (interrupting the running title on a couple of pages). The upper portion of the book also contains some damp staining which is generally mild. A tear, part way across one plate, is professionally sealed and hardly noticeable. Some plates contain light printers smudging. This treatise, first printed in 1665, has been called one of the most comprehensive 17th century books on palmistry. [Cette ouvrage, lun des meilleurs traités de chiromancie du XVIIe…
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Essay on superstition: being an inquiry into the effects of physical influence on the mind, in the production of dreams, visions, ghosts, and other supernatural appearances.
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London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1830. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 430, [2]. Bound in original quarter gray cloth and paper boards. Re-backed preserving the original spine. Paper boards are rubbed, discolored and aged. Board corners are carefully repaired/strengthened. Interior contains scattered foxing and splotching; some leaves possess a rough or chipped marginal edge (due to careless opening); outer marginal tearing is neatly and professionally sealed on several leaves; pages 1 and 413 display a light corner crease or stress mark. Crabtree states that this is "A little known work of real significance for the history of both animal magnetism and of physical research. Newnham wrote the book under the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester and it was clearly an attempt to use physiological and psychological terms to explain supernatural or supernormal phenomena which embarrass the Church
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Die sieben letzten Posaunen oder Wehen wann sie anfangen und aufhören und von den 70 danielischen Wochen und 12 prophetischen Monaten: von der Zahl 666 als das Mahlzeichen des Thiers von Heinrich Jung Stilling.
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Reading: Gedruckt fur Charles MWilliams, 1820. Hardcover. See Description. First American Edition. 12mo. 142p. With a dramatic woodcut frontispiece depicting the Anti-Christ as a seven headed dragon. Re-bound in quarter calf with marbled boards preserving the original calf spine. Title page shows age-toning, soiling and staining; a small darker spot of staining is present near the upper corner. The inside margin of the frontispiece is carefully restored with some spots of loss to the inner black border-line of the illustration. End papers are stained; notations in an early hand are scrawled on the front free end paper. Interior pages contain light age toning, scattered marginal foxing, soiling and wear. A German mystic named Christian Armbruster penned this apocalyptic work (first published in Germany in either 1813 or 1814). The author predicts the immanent end of days by comparing current events at that time i.e. the rise of the Emperor Napoleon to the prophecies in the Book of…
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Les admirables secrets dAlbert-le-Grand, contenant plusieurs traités sur la conception des femmes, des vertus des herbes, des pierres précieuses, et des animaux; augmentés dun abregé curieux de la physionomie, et dun préservative contre la peste, les fièvres malignes, les poisons et linfection de lair; tirés et traduits sur des anciens manuscrits de lauteur, qu navaient pas encore paru, ce quon verra plus amplement dans la table, et ce qui aura été ajouté dans cette dernière édition; divisés en quatre livres.
by ALBERTUS MAGNUS [Pseudo.]
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A Lyons: chez les Heritiers de Beringos fraters, a lenseigne dAgrippa, 1791. Stiff Wraps. See Description. Probably dates to late 18th early 19th century. 16mo. pp. [20], 252, [10]. With frontispiece engraving and 4 full page wood cuts. Bound in modern stiff paper wraps. Text block is untrimmed. Interior pages contain occasional mild spotting, soiling and wear. Half-title is age-toned. A long strip is excised / torn-out of the outer margin on p. 221, running right up to the edge of the text, and obscuring a few letters; a piece is also torn from the bottom corner of p. 227 obstructing the last words in a couple of text lines. Some very miniscule holes on pp. 245/246 partially obstruct a couple of letters. There are several versions of "Les admirables secrets" with the date 1791, each with differences and with a different pagination (see WorldCat). The copy here offered is not the edition listed in Caillet and Dorbon-Ainé with the false 1791 date (attributed to…
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L'Art de juger du caractere des homes sur leur ecriture, avec vingt-quatre planches representant les ecritures de divers personages celebres, gravees d'apres les originaux autographes. Nouvelle edition Augmentee.
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Paris: Saintin, 1816. Hardcover. See Description. 16mo. 78pp. With color frontispiece and 24 plates of handwriting samples from various personages. Contemporary calf back with paste paper boards. Some rubbing along the hinges. Pages clean. Contents include: "1. D'un essai sur l'art de juger les homes sur leurstyle; 2. Des ecritures de Louis XVI, de la reine Marie-Antoinette et du Dauphin, etc.; 3. D'un alphabet curieux des Sourds et Muets avec lequel on peut apprendre en quelques heures a converser avec eux." Includes material on sign language for deaf mutes. [Barbier I, 289 - citing the 1812 ed. Caillet 5197 - citing the 1812 and 1820 editions].
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Le Roman de la rose par Guillaume de Lorris et Jean de Meung, dit Clopinel. Édition faite sur celle de Lenglet Dufresnoy, corigée avec soin, et enrichie de la dissertation sur les auteurs de L'ouvrage.
by LORRIS, Guillaume de and Jean de Meung
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Paris: J.B. Fournier, P.N.F. Didot, 1799. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 8vo. 5 vols. This copy dated "an septieme [1799]." Vol. I. pp. 435, [1 blank] Vol. II. pp. 410, [2 blank] Vol. III. pp. [4], 365, [2 blank] Vol. IV. pp. [4], 352 Vol. V. pp. [6], 352. Volumes I-III contain frontispiece engravings. Volume I contains an additional engraving opposite p. 74. Bound in period straight grained morocco binding blind stamped and gilt. All edges gilt. Corners a bit bumped; minor wear to extremities; tiny chip to head cap of vol. I. Initial and final blank leaves foxed. The interiors are generally clean with only mild scattered foxing a bit heavier in volume I. Small inscription on verso of fly-leaf in first volume. This edition is based on Lenglet Dufresnoys 1735 edition. The "Roman de la Rose" was one of the most important Medieval French poems. The work is divided into two sections. The first, written by Guillaume de Lorris in the early to mid 13th century, is…
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Vipera pythia. Id est, de viperae natura, veneno, medicina, demonstrations, &c. experimenta nova.
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Padua: Pauli Frambotti, 1651. Limp Vellum. See Description. Second Edition. 4to. pp. [18], 522, [24]. With extra engraved title page and a portrait of the author. Also includes 24 engraved plates by Giovanni Georgi - most of which are a full page. Lacks blank free end papers. Interior generally clean with mild scattered marginal foxing. Manufacturing tear on leaf Pp sealed and practically invisible. Some small binder's tears in the gutter of signature G are also carefully sealed. Bottom corner tip of the title page restored (10 x 14 mm). Original full vellum binding (rubbed, usual age-toning) with later gilt title on spine. Upper hinges near the head cap strengthened. Marco Auelio Severino (1580-1656) was a distinguished Italian anatomist and surgeon. In 1610 he was made Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Naples. His work "Vipera pythia" discusses poisonous snakes, snake anatomy, snake venom, and the medicinal properties and virtues of snakes. Much information is given concerning the…
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Essay on superstition: being an inquiry into the effects of physical influence on the mind, in the production of dreams, visions, ghosts, and other supernatural appearances.
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London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1830. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 430, [2]. Bound in original quarter gray cloth and paper boards. Re-backed preserving the original spine. Paper boards are rubbed, discolored and aged. Board corners are carefully repaired/strengthened. Interior contains scattered foxing and splotching; some leaves possess a rough or chipped marginal edge (due to careless opening); outer marginal tearing is neatly and professionally sealed on several leaves; pages 1 and 413 display a light corner crease or stress mark. Crabtree states that this is "A little known work of real significance for the history of both animal magnetism and of physical research. Newnham wrote the book under the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester and it was clearly an attempt to use physiological and psychological terms to explain supernatural or supernormal phenomena which embarrass the Church
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Die sieben letzten Posaunen oder Wehen wann sie anfangen und aufhören und von den 70 danielischen Wochen und 12 prophetischen Monaten: von der Zahl 666 als das Mahlzeichen des Thiers von Heinrich Jung Stilling.
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Reading: Gedruckt fur Charles MWilliams, 1820. Hardcover. See Description. First American Edition. 12mo. 142p. With a dramatic woodcut frontispiece depicting the Anti-Christ as a seven headed dragon. Re-bound in quarter calf with marbled boards preserving the original calf spine. Title page shows age-toning, soiling and staining; a small darker spot of staining is present near the upper corner. The inside margin of the frontispiece is carefully restored with some spots of loss to the inner black border-line of the illustration. End papers are stained; notations in an early hand are scrawled on the front free end paper. Interior pages contain light age toning, scattered marginal foxing, soiling and wear. A German mystic named Christian Armbruster penned this apocalyptic work (first published in Germany in either 1813 or 1814). The author predicts the immanent end of days by comparing current events at that time i.e. the rise of the Emperor Napoleon to the prophecies in the Book of…
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Phantasmata or Illusions and Fanaticisms of Protean Forms Productive of Great Evils
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London: T. C. Newby. Good with no dust jacket. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt titles, patterned endpages. Spines largely perished, boards loose. Volume 2 pages are unopened. Engraved frontis portrait of Jeanne D'Arc. Pp: VI xlii, 504, 24 (ads). V2 iv, 588.; Frontispiece; Octavo .
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The Morning of the Magicians
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Stein & Day, New York, 1974 (Third Impression-first published in the US in 1964); Medium 8vo., 300 p. quarter red cloth over black paper boards.Binding is clean, straight, fresh & attractive. Internals are flawless. Unclipped wrapper has some age toning along edges, else Fine. A very tidy copy indeed.
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Great ghosts of the West: over forty fascinating stories of how otherwise normal lives are disrupted by ghosts and other psychic manifestations
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Satan’s Disciples
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Aquarian Guide to Occult, Mystical, Religious, Magical London and Around
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Aquarian Press, 1970, in soft wraps. Terrific lurid. A veritable time capsule which can serve as a bona fide research tool for those with an interest of the heady days of late 1960s London. No website to hide behind; here were REAL names of both adepts & quacks and where to find them! An interesting artifact- though don't expect to trace many of these street addresses now. Uncommon vintage paperback. Exceptional condition save for spotting on all edges. Very tight binding, extremely clean. Almost "As New". Inv. # 62542 bds 2023
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The Magical Arts: A Short History
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Binding is square, tight and clean save for a stray mark on reverse. Red top stain. Internals clean except for faint marginal spotting/staining on pp.136-37. Old Weiser booklabel on front pastedown. Unclipped wrapper has minor wrinkling/ small creases (it is a very thin gold foil paper jacket) plus some edgewear; else Fine. Fifty-seven illustrations on b/w plates interspersed throughout text; again, as mentioned elsewhere on this space; images perhaps those not commonly seen re-printed ad nauseum.Inv. # TMA* bds 9/2023
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A Handbook on Witches
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Never on a Broomstick: the true story of the faith, mystery and magic of WITCHCRAFT- classical and contemporary
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Magic and Superstition
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Black Magic, Satanism & Voodoo: All the secrets and practices of these occult arts told for the first time! Weird rituals, blood sacrifices, hexes and spells, the Black Mass, Devil Worship, Voodoo Gods, Witchcraft—Black and White, unbelievable but true! The past, the present, and th
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The Way of Initiation and Its Results
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First Edition Thus; this volume re-issues two of Steiner's works: The Way of Initiation and Initiation and Its Results. Some shelfwear and soiling to edges, but the binding is generally clean & straight; internals are also in good order.Inv. # 63648 TWOIAIR* bds 9/2023
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