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Henry Cornelius Agrippa's Fourth book of occult philosophy, and geomancy

Magical elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical geomancy [by Gerardus Cremonensis]. The nature of spirits [by Gorg Pictorius]. And arbatel of magic

Also known as Henry Cornelius Agrippa's Fourth book of occult philosophy, and geomancy. Magical elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical geomancy [by Gerardus Cremonensis]. The nature of spirits [by Gorg Pictorius]. And arbatel of magic

by Petrus de Abano, da Cremona Gherardo, Georg Pictorius, Robert Turner & Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. 500 copies printed. No. 148 Neither Agrippa nor Abano wrote the works here ascribed to them; the Heptameron, or Magical elements also was ascribed to Agrippa under the title: Les oeuvres magiques, with Abano as translator Translation of a work variously titled as Liber de ceremonijs magicis; and his De occulta philosophia, liber quartus Facsim. reprint. London, Askin Publishers, 1978. xvi, [14], 217 p. illus. 23 cm. (Source works on Mediaeval and Renaissance magic, V.4)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the alternative title, “Occultism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “occult”· in title
    • “occult”· in alternative title
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “occult”· in edition title
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the alternative title, “Magic” in the description, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in alternative title
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Geomancy” in the title, “Geomancy” in the subtitle, “Geomancy” in the alternative title, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Geomancy”· in title
    • “Geomancy”· in subtitle
    • “Geomancy”· in alternative title
    • “Geomancy”· in edition title
    • “Geomancy”· in edition subtitle

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Magical elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical geomancy [by Gerardus Cremonensis]. The nature of spirits [by Gorg Pictorius]. And arbatel of magic

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1655[London]; Askin; Weiser [distributorEnglish
  • 9780950387673
  • 0950387673
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Magical elements

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1655Sine nomineEnglish—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • 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: Kirtas APT 2400
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