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caillet albert - manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques ou occultes: sciences des mages – hermétique – astrologie – kabbale – franc-maçonnerie – mesmérisme – sorcellerie – singularités – aberrations de tout ordre – curiosités - a paris chez lare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii – traces d'usage read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablede l'édition originale – (16 cm x 24 cm) reliure en pleine toile – signs of wetness on tplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegood overall condition, worn headbands, rubbed corners,superficial tears on hinges, paper sometime darkened, other minor defectsthe copy still has two engraved ex-libris, one glued to the reverse side of the front cover bearing the arms of jean-baptiste de gaumont (), adviser to the court of aid and intendant of finances (); the other on the reverse side of the title page: louis-henri de brancas-forcalquier, second marquis de céreste, sovereign prince of the island of nissiros (), french soldier who was elevated to the dignity of marshal of france inin-folio leather bound with gilt arms on covers, 2 volthe marquis de brancas was also an scholar bibliophileone can also find on the title page a stamp from the company of jesus at the avignon residencethe second volume gathers various dissertations, in part due to father le brun, the dissertation sur l'inscription du grand portail du convent des cordeliers de reims and the traité des superstitions qui regardent les sacremens, by jhe entered the king’s musketeers in and, at the height of his military career, was knighted in the king’s orders, governor of arras and marshal of francecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available[lebrun (pierre) & thiers (jean-baptiste)]the first volume contains the traite des superstitions by jean-baptiste thiers (), the first confidential edition of which dates from , and the histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses qui ont séduit les peuples et embarrassé les savans by pierre le brun (), see guaitacohen announces 13 plates and indeed, there is an additional plate, showing a superstitious rosary and a charm which makes one lose sight, in certain copies of which title page differs from this one(table), 12 platesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis is the case of these volumes, wearing the gilt the arms of louis de gand-vilain known as louis de gand de mérode de montmorency, prince of isenghien ()are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit is likely that there were two separate editions in , one with 12 plates and the other 13while in the present edition, the engraving is signed by picart, it is dated and illustrates a sun darting its rays on a plain with the motto "foecundis ignibus ardet", like the copy from the esoteric library by eric gruaz which also contains only 12 platesas a matter of fact, the vignette then illustrates putto watering a nursery with the motto "cura et labore"; it is not signedsuperstitions anciennes et modernes, préjugés vulgaires qui ont induit les peuples à des usages et à des pratiques contraires à la religionthe text is illustrated with 12 plates, the content of which reflects the vast field of the topics: the turkish oracle, the wheel of pius iv, the water test, the test of the wand, various experiments by the wand, representations of the planets of the solar and zodiacal system, hippomans, hand of glory, mandrake, talisman of the planets, jew holding mezuzoth, image of veronica, wheel of life and death, bucket of solomon, talisman medals, magic plants, artificial mandrake, table of ten sephiroths in the shape of circles, celestial hebrew alphabet, the mairs or the three northern fates, etc(caillet, ; cohen, 135; dorbon, ; ohr, for arms)this curious collection of occult texts was an immediate success in the european aristocratic circle and it is not uncommon to find folio copies with arms
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