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TORREBLANCA VILLALPANDO, FRANCISCO. Epitome delictorum sive de magia . . . in qua aperta vel occulta invocatio dæmonis intervenit. Editio novissima. [8], 576, [107] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink; contents heavily browned, scattered stains and minor marginal repairs, old monastic stamps on title and elsewhere, 4-leaf gathering 2E folded backwards with leaves out of order, repaired clean tear across 3E2, lower outer corner off 3E3 with slight text loss, front free endpaper lacking. Lyon: Jean-Antoine Huguetan, 1678
Treatise first published in 1618 on the varieties of divination and black magic, and their punishment considered from the standpoint of legal procedure and pastoral care. Pages 514-76 contain the author's Defensa de los Libros Católicos de la Magia. Caillet 10764; Palau 335825; Thorndike VII, 326-30, and VIII, 482-84.
