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Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weyer, Johann, 1515-1588.

Contributor:

Ronss, Baudouin van, 1525-1596.

Ewich, Johann von, 1525-1588.

Buchanan, George, 1506-1582.

Officina Oporiniana, printer.

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

De praestigiis daemonum

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Demonology--Early works to 1800.

Demonology.

Witchcraft--Early works to 1800.

Witchcraft.

Magic--Early works to 1800.

Magic.

Penn Provenance:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

697 pages, 55 unnumbered pages : 1 illustration (woodcut) ; 21 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

De praestigijs daemonum, et incantationibus ac ueneficijs libri sex

Fingerprint:

cero tead m.e- demù (3) 1568 (A)

Place of Publication:

Basileae : Ex Officina Oporiniana, 1568.

Notes:

Signatures: a-z⁸ A-2A⁸.

Title vignette.

"Censura quorundam doctorum piorumq[ue] uirorum de hoc opere ..." (p. 680-692) includes letters by Boudewijn Ronsse and Johann von Ewich.

"E Georg. Buchanani Scoti eximij poetae Satyra, quam Franciscani nomine inscripsit, descripta": p. 692-697.

Dedicated to Wilhelm, Duke of Cleves.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Lea Library copy bound in stamped full stiff vellum with five raised bands on spine.

Lea Library copy has the bookplate of Henry Charles Lea on front pastedown and his autograph, dated 1868, on front free end paper.

Lea Library copy has a mostly illegible autograph on front free end paper above Lea's; the only legible word is "Piscinarius."

Lea Library copy has ms. notes in pencil on front free end paper and title leaf; two illegible autographs on title leaf, one partially damaged and dated 1638, the other dated 1713; there are a few marginal ms. marks in pencil throughout.

Cited in:

Kelso, R. Doctrine for the lady, 875

OCLC:

7477161