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des illusions et impostures des diables, des magiciens infâmes, sorcières et empoisonneurs; des ensorcelez et démoniaques et de la guérison d'iceux; item de la punition que méritent les magiciens, les empoisonneurs et les sorcières, le tout compris en six livres

by Johann Weyer, Thomas Erastus & Royal College of Physicians of London

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Languages: English, French
  • Content type: Primary source

Reprint of 1579 ed Half title page Translation of De praestigiis daemonum et incantationibus ac veneficiis Bibliography This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London Royal College of Physicians, London

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • Magic· via Internet Archive
    • 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

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Open Library reports 5 editions; 2 cataloged here.

des illusions et impostures des diables, des magiciens infâmes, sorcières et empoisonneurs; des ensorcelez et démoniaques et de la guérison d'iceux; item de la punition que méritent les magiciens, les empoisonneurs et les sorcières, le tout compris en six livres

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1885-01-01T00:00:00ZParis : A. Delahaye et E. LecrosnierFrenchPublic digitized item

Open Library record

1976Arno PressEnglish
  • 9780405074608
  • 0405074603
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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Royal College of Physicians, London
  • Digitization sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
  • 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: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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openlibrary-work:OL2717098W
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