Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 337

Price Realized: $ 1,235
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
LANCRE, PIERRE DE. L'Incrédulité et Mescréance du Sortilège plainement convaincue. 841, [10] pages, including engraved portrait of Louis XIII on title verso. Thick 4to, 237x182 mm, contemporary vellum boards, worn, small circular crack in spine, ties lacking, recased; contents dampstained with scattered traces of mold, occasional foxing, last index leaf rehinged. Ownership inscription of Jean de Trazegnies of Beaumont dated 1662. Paris: Nicolas Buon, 1622

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first edition of a treatise on the reality of witchcraft and other occult phenomena by a Bordeaux trial judge known for his zealous prosecution of witches. Robbins, pages 298-99.