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GROSS, HENNING. Magica, seu mirabilium historiarum de spectris et apparitionibus spirituum . . . libri II. [16], 478, [30] pages, including blank 2G8. 4to, contemporary vellum, spine darkened, with handwritten title in ink; contents heavily browned, scattered ink blots, gathering R folded incorrectly with leaves out of order, old Russian stamp on front pastedown, front free endpaper lacking, rear hinge reinforced with cloth tape. Eisleben: Henning Gross, 1597
first edition of a collection of several hundred anecdotes of demonic and fantastic apparitions and occurrences culled from writings by ancient, medieval, and Renaissance authors. Caillet 4787.
