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PIPERNO, PIETRO. De effectibus magicis libri sex ac De nuce maga Beneventana liber unicus. [2] (of [4]), 168; 85 [i. e., 55], [5] pages; lacks initial blank. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 204x147 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink, stains on covers and pastedowns, short crack at bottom of front joint; scattered foxing and occasional heavy browning, marginal dampstains at beginning and end, several small holes in blank areas of the title, free endpapers lacking. Naples: Francesco Girolamo Colligni for Giovanni Domenico Montanaro, 1647
Work originally published in 1634 on diseases caused by magic, with an appendix concerning a walnut tree in Benevento reputedly endowed with supernatural powers, where witches gathered. Krivatsy 9021.
