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Libra Esoterica

Curiositez inouyes sur la sculpture talismanique des Persans, horoscope des patriarches, et lecture des estoilles

by Jacques Gaffarel

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: French
  • Content type: Primary source
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Printed marginalia. Two large folded star charts (stars represented by Hebrew letters) bound-in at back of book. First published: Paris : H. du Mesnil, 1629. Noted in Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 2287. The author was Cardinal Richelieu's priest and librarian. He is also known to be a learned writer on rabbinical works and cabalistic science. "[This] work was condemned by the Sorbonne and aroused virulent attacks, but it was nevertheless reprinted three times within six months and widely translated."-​-​bookseller's description. "Ch. 5 in the second part is mostly of interest to gemologists because...it treats engraved gems, and other gemstones in which the images...are natural."-​-​Gemology, by J. Sinkankas, vol 1, p. 368.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • “Talismans”· via Internet Archive
    • “Talismans”· via Open Library
    • “Talismans”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “horoscope” in the title, “Astrology” in the subject metadata, and “horoscope” in the edition title.

    • “Astrology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Astrology”· via Open Library
    • “horoscope”· in title
    • “Astrology”· in subject
    • “horoscope”· in edition title

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1631-01-01T00:00:00Z—French—Public digitized item

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1637publisher not identifiedFrench—Public

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