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Libra Esoterica

De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac ueneficijs

libri V.

by Johann Weyer & Joannes Oporinus

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source

Signatures: a-z⁸ A-G⁸ Final page blank Garrison-Morton (5th ed.) Grässe Binding: alum-tawed pigskin, blind-tooled with rolls and fillets in a design of concentric rectangles; remnants of green fabric ties at foredge Signed on title page "Sum Danielis Pappi Lindaviensis" (Daniel Pappus); heavily annotated in a contemporary hand

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • Magic· via Internet Archive
    • Magic· via Open Library
    • Magic· in subject
  • 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
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata.

    • Demonology· via Internet Archive
    • Demonology· via Open Library
    • Demonology· in subject

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libri V.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1563Basileae : Per Ioannem Oporinum; Per Joannem OporinumLatinPublic

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • 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
  • Scanner: scribe2.santamonica.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL17725789W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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