Three books of occult philosophy / written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim, counseller to Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany, and judge of the Prerogative Court ; translated out of the Latin into the English tongue by J.F.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486-1535.

Contributor:

French, John, 1616-1657.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

De occulta philosophia. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Alchemy--Early works to 1800.

Alchemy.

Occultism--Early works to 1800.

Occultism.

Physical Description:

28 unnumbered pages, 583, that is, 577 pages, 13 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (woodcuts), portrait ; 19 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule, and are to be sold at the sign of the three Bibles neer the west-end of Pauls, 1651.

Notes:

First published [Cologne : J. Soler], 1533. Cf. A.L. Caillet, Sciences psychiques, I, 14, no. 93.

Probably translated by John French. Cf. BM, 2:732 and DNB, 7:692; NUC pre-1956, 5:306 notes John French or John Freake.

Signatures: a⁴, A⁸, b², B-Pp⁸, Qq².

Numerous errors in pagination.

First leaf bears portrait of the author.

Variant: imprint has "printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule, and are to be sold neer the west-end of Pauls".

Errata: p. [24] (first count).

Local Notes:

Smith copy has variant imprint.

Cited in:

Wing A789

Duveen, D.I. Alchemica et chemica (2nd ed.)., p. 7

ESTC R11002

OCLC:

9021631