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Compendium maleficarum

collected in three books from many sources by Brother Francesco Maria Guazzo, showing iniquitous and execrable operations of witches against the human race, and the divine remedies by which they may be frustrated

Also known as Cardiff Rare Books Collection; Compendium maleficarum. English. 1929; Compendium Maleficarum: Collected in 3 Books From Many Sources by Brother Francesco Maria Guazzo of the Order of St. Ambrose ad Nemus, Showing the Iniquitous and Execrable Operations of Witches Against the Human Race, and the Divine Remedies by Which They May be Frustrated

by Francesco Maria Guazzo, Christian Deetjen, Montague Summers & E. Allen Ashwin

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: English, Italian, Latin, Spanish
  • Content type: Primary source

xxi, 206 p. : 26 cm "Edition limited to 1275 copies. This copy is number 963." Title vignette Bibliographical footnotes

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 colenda, harvard, and online-books-page matched “Witchcraft” and “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “witches” in the subtitle, “witches” in the alternative title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Witchcraft”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “witchcraft”· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • “Witchcraft”· via The Online Books Page
    • “witches”· in subtitle
    • “witches”· in alternative title
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from bne, colenda, online-books-page, and openlibrary matched “Demonology”, “demonología”, and “Exorcism”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata, “demonología” in the subject metadata, and “Exorcism” in the subject metadata.

    • “demonología”· via Biblioteca Nacional de España
    • “Demonology”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Demonology”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Exorcism”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Exorcism”· via Open Library
    • “Demonology”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 18 editions; 3 cataloged here.

Biblioteca Nacional de España record

24 cm; 345 p.; il.

[2002]Club UniversitarioSpanish
  • 8484541401
Catalog record

ex quo nefandissima in genus humanum opera venefica, ac ad illa vitanda remedia conspiciuntur

University of Pennsylvania digitized edition

16 unnumbered pages, 391 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 22 cm (4to); Dedicated to Antonio Sorbelloni.; Engraved t.p.; head-pieces; initials.; Signatures: a-b⁴ A-3C⁴.

1626Ex Collegij Ambrosiani typographiaLatin—Public download

collected in three books from many sources by Brother Francesco Maria Guazzo, showing iniquitous and execrable operations of witches against the human race, and the divine remedies by which they may be frustrated

Harvard LibraryCloud bibliographic record

xxi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

1929J. RodkerEnglish, Latin—Public

Subjects

17 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

BNE
  • 991009846929708606
Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3cf9k77v
Harvard
  • 990000031160203941

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Contributing institution: Harold B. Lee Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Brigham Young University
  • Editors: Summers, Montague
  • Open Library reports 18 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9943743493503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Lea Collection, S-20.5.10
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
  • Scanner: scribe2.provo.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1520 .G813 1929
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: J. Rodker, 1929
  • Translators: Ashwin, E. Allen
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL1146102W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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