Live auction - Lot 1168

[Esoterics]

De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus [...].

LAVATER, Ludwig


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Leiden, J.Z. Baron for H. Verbiest, 1659

12mo: [20]-145-[1] pp. (toned).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. stained). Good copy.

Corr. pocket ed. of the popular Latin demonological treatise on ghosts (De spectris) by the Swiss reformed theologian Ludwig Lavater (1527-1586). Engr. front.
Ref. STCN. - Coumont L26.4.
Joined: Van Heumen, Joannes - Joseph somnians complectens falsas variorum imaginationes. Antwerp, for G. Sickes (Gouda), 1660. 8vo: [32]-599-[9] pp. (toned, minor marginal dampstaining at end, tear in bottom margin *2). Contemp. overl. vellum. 1st edition of a collection of religious sermons on various kinds of sleep and dreams by the theologian Jan van Heumen (d. 1673). The work was intended for the Dutch market and includes sermons on e.g. "De somnio advocatorum/ musicorum/ nobilium" etc. Ref. STCN. - STCV. Prov. Gustave van Havre (1817-1892), Antwerp collector (large armorial bookpl.). - Contemp. entries on title. (2 vol.)

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Lot 1168

De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus [...].

LAVATER, Ludwig

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