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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, who was brought to S. Baume to be exorcised, in the yeere 1610. in the moneth of Nouember, by the authority of the reuerend father, and frier, Sebastian Michaëlis, priour of the Couent Royall of S. Magdalene at Saint Maximin, and also of the said place of Saint Baume. Who appointed the Reuerend Father, Frier Francis Domptius, Doctor of Diuinity, in the Vniuersity of Louaine ... for the exorcismes and recollection of the acts. / All faithfully set downe, and fully verified. Whereunto is annexed a pneumology, or discourse of spirits made by the said Father Michaëlis, and by him reuiewed, corrected, and enlarged; together with an explanatory apology of the many difficulties touching this history and the annotations. Translated into English by W.B.
LIBRA STC 17854a
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Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 1387:19.
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Michaelis, Sébastien, 1543?-1618.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1387:19.
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une penitente. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witchcraft--Early works to 1800.
- Witchcraft.
- Devil--Early works to 1800.
- Devil.
- Physical Description:
- 54 unnumbered pages, 418 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 154 pages, 34 unnumbered pages
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Other Title:
- Admirable historie of the possession and conversion of a penitent woman
- Place of Publication:
- At London : Imprinted [by Felix Kingston] for William Aspley, 1613.
- Notes:
- A translation of: Michaelis, Sébastien. Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une pénitente.
- Printer's name from STC.
- "A discourse of spirits" (formerly STC17855) has separate t.p. and pagination; register is continuous.
- Includes index.
- A reissue, with original title page replaced by [par.]4, of the undated edition (STC 17854).
- Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1975. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1387:19). s1975 miun a
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 17854a
- Contains:
- Discourse of spirits.
- OCLC:
- 61370853
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