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Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi Vesvuntini de divinatione et magicis pr©Œstigiis

quarum veritas ac vanitas solid©· exponitur per descriptionem deorum fatidicorum qui olim responsa dederunt; eorundemq©ðe prophetarum, sacerdotum, Phoebadum, Sibyllarum et divinorum qui priscis temporibus celebres oraculis exstiterunt

Also known as Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi Vesvuntini de divinatione et magicis præstigiis: quarum veritas ac vanitas solidè exponitur per descriptionem deorum fatidicorum qui olim responsa dederunt; eorundemqúe prophetarum, sacerdotum, Phoebadum, Sibyllarum et divinorum qui priscis temporibus celebres oraculis exstiterunt

by Jean Jacques Boissard & Johann Theodor de Bry

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source

28 unnumbered pages, 358 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : (folio) Engr. t.p Various dates of publication supplied, Brunet and Grasse describe the 1611 4to ed. as a reprint of this ed., Tchemerzine dates this ed. [1611], cf. refs Signatures: )(4 )()(4 3)(4 A-Yy4 Includes index

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles, 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 internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Magic” and “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

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    • Magic· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

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

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    • Divination· via Open Library
    • Divination· in subject
    • Fortune-telling· in subject
  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

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

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

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quarum veritas ac vanitas solid©· exponitur per descriptionem deorum fatidicorum qui olim responsa dederunt; eorundemq©ðe prophetarum, sacerdotum, Phoebadum, Sibyllarum et divinorum qui priscis temporibus celebres oraculis exstiterunt

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1611Oppenheimii : Typis Hieronymi Galleri; Typis Hieronymi GalleriLatinPublic

Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi Vesvuntini de divinatione et magicis præstigiis: quarum veritas ac vanitas solidè exponitur per descriptionem deorum fatidicorum qui olim responsa dederunt; eorundemqúe prophetarum, sacerdotum, Phoebadum, Sibyllarum et divinorum qui priscis temporibus celebres oraculis exstiterunt

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

28 unnumbered pages, 358 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : engr. title page, plates, illustrations, portraits ; (folio)

[1611]Typis Hieronymi GalleriLatinCatalog record

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: 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; wellcomelibrary
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  • 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:OL44354950W
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