Lot n° 44

CAMPANELLA, Tommaso. De Sensu Rerum et Magia, Libri Quatuor, Pars Mirabilis Occultae Philosophiae...Tobias Adami recensuit, et nunc primum evulgavit. Frankfurt, Egenolphus Emmelius, impensis Godefridi Tampachii, 1620.

Estimation : Start Price 1 500 €
Description
4to, mm. 210x160; Full shagreen calf binding of the end of the XVIII century, golden frame at the covers, golden title and ornaments at the spine, internal dentelle ; pp. 8 nn., 258, 2 b.Printer’s mark at the Title-page, some geometrical woodcuts within the text.

SECOND ÉDITION , expanded with the addition of Book VII. In this controversial book, entitled De sidereal vitando fate, they proved magical rituals performed by Campanella for Pope Urban VIII during the summer of 1628 in a special room in Castel Gandolfo. The work illustrates the diverse aspects of astrology.

Zambelli: "[Campanella wanted to] interpret the general patterns of the most significant events in the history of humanity in the light of precise astral facts.

Events such as the migration of peoples, changes in the climate, the rise and fall of empires and religions do not take place by accident, but can be associated with astral Particular conditions. From this point of view, astrology Becomes Necessary in compass to find one's way through the forest of universal history. "This edition is a few months after the first one published in Lyon by booksellers Prost with the date of 1629; the Prost soon after this miserable then issued another run with the date of 1630. As recalled by Luigi Firpo, the work was drafted by Campanella VI in books, but in the second printing of Prost was then unknown to him, sent, it seems, by some monks hostile to Campanella, added the seventh book, he would have to actually go out on its own. This caused trouble censors to the philosophy of style, which had not previously submitted to the censors saw the seventh book, and consequently placed on the Index of the book.

Firpo: "The work spread quickly ... a specimen arrived in Germany, in the circle of friends that C. had earned there, especially for the loving work of Tobias Adami, induced Goffredo Tampach to finance the reprinting, appeared in Frankfurt in 1630.”

Paola Zambelli, ed., Astrologi Hallucinati: Stars and the End of the World in Luther’s Time, p. 268; Firpo, p. 99; e p. 101; Firpo, D.B.I., XVII, p. 392; Bibl. Magica Casanatense, n. 265.

Condition Report: Usual browning of all specimens due to the quality of paper and ink, but good specimen intact. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
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