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La philosophie des images enigmatiques, ou il est traité des enigmes, hieroglyphiques, oracles, propheties, sorts, divinations, loteries, talismans, songes, centuries de Nostradamus, de la baguette

by Claude-François Menestrier

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: French
  • Content type: Primary source
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The last three pages are blank Error in paging: numbers 356-365 repeated Woodcut device on title, woodcut head-and tail-pieces, small ornamental woodcuts Contains 1 engraved folding plate with emblems, bound facing p. 264, 2 coins illustrated on p. 400 Includes dedication to De Bussieres, but not the portrait, mentioned in another 1694 Lyon edition published by Hilaire Baritel. Landwehr mentions another edition from the same year published also in Lyon by Jaques Lions. Another edition was published in Paris in the same year 1694 at: Chez a Veuve D. Horthemels. This edition not in Landwehr First "Aprobation", p. [22], dated 1689, second "Approbation", p. [23]-[24], dated 1694. "Privilege du Roy", p. [493] i.e. [503], for an earlier work on the same topic, registered 1679, and "Achevé d'imprimer pour la premiere fois le 15. juin 1694" Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese books of devices and emblems 1534-1827, 1976

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Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Occultism and esotericism

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

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    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “talismans”. Retained metadata contains “Talismans” in the title and “Talismans” in the edition title.

    • “talismans”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Talismans”· in title
    • “Talismans”· in edition title
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

    Retained metadata contains “Oracles” in the title and “Oracles” in the edition title.

    • “Oracles”· in title
    • “Oracles”· in edition title

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

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1694A Lyon : Chez Jaques Guerrier ...; Chez Jaques Guerrier ...French—Public

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

12 unnumbered leaves, 491 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, folded plate & port. : engr. illustrations ; (12mo)

1694J. LionsFrench—Catalog record

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  • 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
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openlibrary-work:OL17633432W
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