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MENESTRIER, CLAUDE-FRANÇOIS, S.J. La Philosophie des Images Enigmatiques. Folding engraved plate of talismans. [24], 491 [i. e., 501], [3] pages. 12mo, modern leather; contents toned, dampstaining in gutters throughout, dark stains in lower outer corners through much of volume, most noticeably on opening leaves. Lyon: Hilaire Baritel, 1694
Treatise on enigmas first published the same year. Pages 385-89 concern the prophecies of Nostradamus, which Menestrier refused to take seriously. Caillet 7376; Chomarat 309; Benazra, page 274 (issue with Lyon imprint of Jacques Guerrier); Thorndike VIII, 580-82.
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