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Witchcraft – Wier, Johannes. Opera Omnia. Editio nova

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Wier, Johannes. Opera Omnia. Editio nova. With engraved title vignette, engraved portrait, 7 woodcuts in the text and 1 copper engraving in the text. Amsterdam, van den Berge, 1660. 22 leaves, 1002 (actually 1004) pp., 30 leaves. 21 x 16 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped parchment binding with handwritten spine title. First complete edition. – Caillet 11430 – Dorbon 5270 – Rosenthal 4160. – Each contains with a divisional title: De Praestigiis Daemonum, & Incantationibus ac Venefi...

Wier, Johannes. Opera Omnia. Editio nova. Mit gestochener Titelvignette, gestochenem Porträt, 7 Textholzschnitten und 1 Textkupfer. Amsterdam, van den Berge, 1660. 22 Bl., 1002 (recte 1004) S., 30 Bl. 21 x 16 cm. Blindgeprägter Pergamentband der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Rückentitel. Erste Gesamtausgabe. - Caillet 11430 - Dorbon 5270 - Rosenthal 4160. - Enthält jeweils mit einem Zwischentitel: De Praestigiis Daemonum, & Incantationibus ac Veneficiis Libri sex. Ab auctore sexies aucti & recogniti, justa Exemplar Basiliense 1583; Liber Apologeticus, & Pseudomonarchiae Daemonum; De Lamiis Liber: Item De Commentitiis Jejuniis; De Irae Morbo, Ejusdem curatione Philosophica, Medica & Theologica, Liber; Medicarvm Observationum Hactenus Incognitarum. Libri II. - "Weyer (Wier, Wierus) was the first European physician to take an empirical, scientific approach to the study of mental illness. At the height of the witchcraft delusion he argued that witches were mentally ill women who deserved humane treatment instead of torture and punishment. Weyer reduced the clinical problems of psychopathology to simple terms of everyday life and everyday, human, inner experiences." (Garrison-Morton 4916). - im Schnitt papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, erste Blatt im Rand leicht fleckig. - Gutes Exemplar.

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Auction 32 - Autographs, old books & travel photography
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Witchcraft – Wier, Johannes. Opera Omnia. Editio nova

Original titleHexen – Wier, Johannes. Opera Omnia. Editio nova. Mit gestochener Titelvignette, gestochenem Porträt, 7 Textholzschnitten und 1…

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Thu 12 Nov, 12:00 (Berlin time)
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