ANTIQUE THAUMATURGUS PSYSICUS ILLUSTRATED (1677 MAGIA UNIVERSALIS)

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  Year/Century: 17th century
  Language: Latin
  Subject: Illustrated
  Binding: Leather
  Description: Quae in Cryptographicis, Pyrotechnicis, Magneticis, Sympathicis ac Antipathicis, Medicis, Divinatoriis, Physiognomicis ac Chiromanticis, is rarum, curiosum, ac hoc est, vere magicum. THAUMATURGUS PSYSICUS sive Magiae universalis, naturae et artis pars quarta et ultima, in VIII libros digesta, quibus pleraq. by Johannes Gaspar Schott Bamberg. Schonwetter, Martini, 1677, 4to: 7 by 8 1/2" 16 volumes, 670 pages, [9 volumes]; original complete calfskin binding; spine with five raised bands; gold title to the spine; frontispiece dated from the first 1659 printing; thirteen plates; The fourth and final section of Natural magic, devoted to esoteric enchantments, cryptography, magnetism, divination, palmistry, etc.: I. Cryptologic and cryptographic magic. First complete calfskin binding; five raised bands on the spine; gold title to the spine; frontispiece dated from the first printing of 1659; thirteen plates; 16 volumes, 670 pages, [9 volumes]; the fourth and last section of Natural magic, devoted to esoteric enchantments, cryptography, magnetism, divination, palmistry, etc.: I. Magic using cryptography and cryptologic. The frontispiece dates from the first printing of 1659; thirteen plates; 16 volumes, 670 pages, [9 volumes]; the fourth and last section of Natural magic, devoted to esoteric enchantments, cryptography, magnetism, divination, palmistry, etc.; first complete calfskin binding; five raised bands on the spine; gold title to the spine; I. cryptologic and cryptographic magic. Biblioth Seminarii Archieps O. Jacobi de Chile, ex libris. Ex libris embossed engraved in blue on blue paper "Ex bibliotheca illris Ducis Vargas Macciucca" was included, along with the legendary "Fifteen laws of the bibliophile" in Latin, which was written in the 17th century by father and son Neapolitan bibliophiles Vargas. The text is pasted to the front endpaper. There is some binding wear, some spine end damage, and most of the pages have a lot of browning. German Jesuit and scientist Gaspar Schott (German: Kaspar (or Caspar) Schott; Latin: Gaspar Schottus; 1608–1666) was well-known for his diligence and had a focus on physics, mathematics, and natural philosophy.

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