Michaelis, Sebastien

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

The Admirable Historie of the Possession and Conuersion of a Penitent Woman. Seduced by a Magician that made her to become a Witch, and the Princes of Sorcerers in the Country of Prouince . . . [with] A Pneumology, or Discouerie of Spirits . . . translated into English by W.B.,... London: William Aspley, 1613
paper, ink, leather

4to (195 x 150 mm). Edge of title a little ragged. Contemporary limp vellum; slightly worn and stained.

Seventeenth-century signature on endpaper 'Will Payneter' (perhaps William Paynter (1637–1716), rector of Exeter College, Oxford)

STC 17854a

first edition, second issue, with dated title.