Les devins, ov Commentaire des principales sortes de devinations: distingué en quinze liures, esquels les ruses & impostures de Satan sont descouuertes, solidement refutees, & separees d'auec les sainctes propheties & d'auec les predictions naturelles. Escrit en latin (.); nouuvellement tourné en françois par S.G.S. ,

PEUCER, Kaspar

Editore: Hendrik Coninx,, Antwerp,, 1584

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[12]-653-[24-1 bl.] pp. 1st edition of the translation of "Commentarius de praecipuis divinationum generibus" (1553) by the French Calvinist minister Simon Goulart (1543-1628). Deals with divinations ("natural" or diabolic), predictions, oracles, "theomancy", magic & spells, meteorology, physiology & chiromancy, astrology, "teratoscopy" (monsters). Son-in-law of Ph. Melanchthon, K. Peucer (1525-1602) was a German professor of astronomy, history, mathematics and medicine. Printer's mark on title. Ref. Coumont P33.9. Caillet 8579. Bibl. Esot. 3633. B.T. 3991. OPAC KBR. Bn-Opale plus. COPAC. 1 volumes. Still a good copy in a nice binding. Modern marbled calf, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands, red leather title label, sp. edges, (titlep. dam. with marg. losses of paper & underlaid, brown. & stain. throughout, inner margin of C2 torn with loss of a few letters, marg. defects, some repaired, lack. last bl. leaf). Codice articolo 80511

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Titolo: Les devins, ov Commentaire des principales ...

Casa editrice: Hendrik Coninx,, Antwerp,

Data di pubblicazione: 1584

Legatura: Rilegato