Lot 1273
1273
VAIRO, L. De fascino libri tres. In quibus omnes fascini species, & causae optima methodo describuntur, & ex philosophorum ac theologorum sententiis scitè & eleganter explicantur. Par., N. Chesneau, 1583. W. woodcut printer's mark on ti. (44), 275 pp. 4°. Fine cont. cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & sides. (Bind. skilfully restored, lower margin stained at the beginning, browned/foxed).
Thorndike VI, 528: "The work of Leonardus Vairus on witchcraft or diabolical magic appears to have been composed in Latin and was published in French translation at Paris in 1583. The earliest Latin edition I have seen was that of Venice, 1589. - Adams V15; Caillet 10963; Graesse II, 456: Aldus-ed. of 1589 and French transl. of 1583.
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