Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 195

Price Realized: $ 875
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
MERCKLIN, GEORG ABRAHAM. Sylloge physico-medicinalium casuum incantationi vulgo adscribi solitorum. [44], 192, [2], 193-254, [12] pages. 4to, 191x152 mm, contemporary boards, quite worn, top of spine chipped; scattered marginal foxing. Nuremberg: Johann Zieger & Georg Lehman, 1698

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first edition of a collection of 60 case histories involving the use of incantations. "To his sixty cases Mercklin added cures for witchcraft, including an amulet for insane love, a balsam against all sorcery, candles against all magic diseases, anti-magical and astral herbs, and a sympathetic unguent which was to be prepared under certain specific constellations"--Thorndike VIII, 533.