WEYER JOHANN De praestigiis daemonum et incantationibus ac v

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WEYER, JOHANN. De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac veneficiis, libri sex. 697, [55] pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf with unidentified gilt arms on front cover, rebacked retaining most of original backstrip; old signatures and few minor stains on title, dampstaining in gutters toward end. Bookplate of Edward Bensly dated 1922. Basel: Officina Oporiniana, 1568

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Fourth edition of a work first published in 1563, "the first major European work to take an empirical, scientific approach to the study of mental illness, and one of the most celebrated exposés of the witchcraft delusion" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4916 (original edition); Norman 2210 (1564 edition).