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Libra Esoterica

Compendium maleficarum in tres libros distinctum ex pluribus authoribus

by Francesco Maria Guazzo

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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[16], 245, [1] pages : 21 cm (8vo) Colophon: Mediolani, apud Bernardinum Lantonium MDCVIII Signatures: a⁸ A-P⁸ Q⁴ ( -Q4) Title page with printer's device; historiated initials Coat of arms of Cardinal Aloysus Bossius on title page verso Woodcut illustrations throughout Errata: page [1] at the end

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.

    • “Witchcraft”· via Internet Archive
    • “Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Demonology” and “Exorcism”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata and “Exorcism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Demonology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Exorcism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Demonology”· via Open Library
    • “Exorcism”· via Open Library
    • “Demonology”· in subject
    • “Exorcism”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 2 editions; 1 cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1608Apud Haeredes August. Tradati.; Mediolani : Apud Haeredes August. Tradati.Latin—Public

Subjects

4 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Boston College
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL1146100W
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