Lot n° 1156

Demonology - WIER, Joannes - Opera omnia (…) [new ed.]. Amsterdam, P. vanden Berge, 1660

Estimation : 400 / 400
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
4to, cont. overl. vellum, flat spine, [44]-1002 (= 1008)-[60] pp. Excellent, well-preserved copy. Only ed. of the collected works of “the founder of medical psychiatry” and opponent of witch hunting J. Wier or Weyer (1515-1588), including his “De praestigiis daemonum” (1st 1563) and “De lamiis”. Engr. on title. Nice full-page portrait by P. Holsteyn (*4v), 6 woodcuts in text. Title in red & black. 19th-c. ms. note on the book loosely inserted. Armorial bookpl. C. De Valenzi.
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