Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 276

Price Realized: $ 214
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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
HAEN, ANTON DE. De miraculis liber. xx, 144 [i. e., 148] pages, including half-title * [MARAN, PRUDENT.] La Doctrine de l'Écriture et des Pères Saints sur les Guérisons Miraculeuses. xxviii, 579, [1] pages. Together, 2 volumes. 12mo, first in 19th-century paste-paper boards, spine ends chipped, contents toned, second in contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, contents clean. Paris: Apud P. Fr. Didot juniorem, 1778; Desprez, 1754

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Two books on miraculous cures: the first title is the second edition of a study originally published in 1776, concluding with a chapter on the contemporary Austrian exorcist Johann Joseph Gassner; the second is the first edition of a work dealing with the subject from the standpoint of biblical and patristic literature.