Bodin, Demonomania, Venice, Aldus, 1592, carta rustica

Jean Bodin

Demonomania de gli stregoni, cioè furori, et malie de' demoni, col mezo de gl'huomini... tradotta dal K.r Hercole Cato. Venice: Aldo, 1592

4to (237 x 170mm.), woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, lists of chapters and contents within woodcut frames, contemporary carta rustica, UNCUT, occasional light damp-staining, first few leaves slightly worn

Third Aldine edition of Bodin's treatise on magic, demons and witches, first published in French in 1580.

This copy has a manuscript note on the flyleaf, "Proibito nel giorno p[ri]mo di 7mbe dell'anno 1594 da Papa Clemento 8^o".

LITERATURE:

Edit16 6522; Renouard 248/4; UCLA 1017

PROVENANCE:

Antonio Facini, note at end dated 13 July 1785; "Arcip^ti Fabris", note at end