Was Neues! Bestehend in Kurtzen Beantwortungen auff scrupulöse fragen uber sehr viele curiose wissenschaffter welche zugleich benlauffige nachricht geben von deuen jetzlebenden herren adeptis und deren conduit und fatis. Zu beschamung einiger super-klugen; Diesen exulantinnen zum soulagement der curiosen welt aber zum besondern vergnugen borgestellet von H.
[N. p.]: In der Europaeischen Curiositaets-Societaet benahmt [benamt] Rarino, 1720. 4to (8 x 6.75 inches) on rough paper, 19th century pebbled cloth spine and marbled boards, autograph label to the upper board, [40] pages. Woodcut ornaments. Cheap paper browned and a bit soiled; boards a bit rubbed and worn; in very good condition. Item #20797
Evidently a critical account of occult lore for a popular market, published under the fictitious imprint of a spurious learned society, and enumerating magic practices ranging from theurgy to onyrocritics under the rhetorical heading, “Was tieffen denn vor schlimme Dinge unter denen guten woll mit durch?” The Clavicula Salomonis is mentioned in the text, as is the transmutation of base metals, with such figures as Nostrodomus and Albertus Magnus appearing—as well as Copernicus, Brahe, Liebnitz, and Tschirnhaus. Not found on OCLC or KVK.
Price: $850.00