La magie naturelle | A melding of magic and science
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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
700 - 1,000 USD
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La magie naturelle
La magie naturelle, ou, mélange divertissant. Amsterdam: Chez Robert le Turcq, 1726
12mo (152 x 95 mm, uncut). Woodcut head- and tailpieces, one woodcut diagram; title-page and some fore-edges dust-soiled. Contemporary flexible pink paper covers, vellum spine; a bit worn.
A collection of curious formulas and recipes, with extracts from the works of the occultist Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, the unorthodox philosopher Giambattista della Porta, the alchemist Paracelsus as well as from the Grand Albert and other grimoires.
PROVENANCE:
L. Bodin, a Parisian bookseller specializing in occult sciences (his ticket on front pastedown)
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