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VALLEMONT, PIERRE LE LORRAIN DE, Abbé. La Physique Occulte; ou, Traité de la Baguette Divinatoire. 14 woodcut illustrations; 8 woodcut astrological diagrams. [30], 609, [1] pages. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, spine chipped in a few places; contents relatively clean, old institutional stamp on dedication page. Bookplate of J.-B. Mercier dated 1905. Paris: Jean Anison, 1693
first edition of a treatise on the divining rod also dealing with miscellaneous topics in magnetism. Alden 693/178 (for section on tobacco); Caillet 10984; Thorndike VIII, 498; Wheeler Gift 206.
