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GUAITA, Stanislas (de).

La Muse Noire.

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1883.

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600 €

First edition.
Presentation copy signed by the author dedicated to Auguste Vacquerie.

Stanislas de Guaïta was one of the most important occultists of the end of the 19th century, co-founder with Papus and Joséphin Péladan of the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix. The Black Muse is his second collection of poems, exploring the themes of mysticism, death and love in a complex and dense poetic style.

WRONSKI, Hoëné.

Sept manuscrits inédits, écrits de 1803 à 1806.

Paris, A dépot des ouvrages de l'auteur, 1879.

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First edition published after the death of Wronski.

BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme.

Le Parfaict Joaillier, ou Histoire des pierreries ou sont amplement descrites leur naissance, de juste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contrefaites, facilitez medicinales, & propriectez curieuses.

Lyon, Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1644.

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500 €

First french edition.
Milestone in mineralogy and gemmology.
Translation by Jean Bachou from the Latin edition of the "Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia" and enriched with annotations by André Toll.
All precious stones are studied there as well as the cutting and polishing processes. Boodt also describes the virtues of stones, medicinal and magical faculties.
Numerous woodcuts in the text.

[MORELLET, André].

Le Manuel des Inquisiteurs à l'usage des inquisitions d'Espagne & de Portugal.

Lisbonne, s.n., 1762.

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500 €

First edition.
Work of the Abbé Morellet which was put on the index in 1764, he proposed there a summarized translation of the "Directorium Inquisitorium" of the grand inquisitor Aragon Nicolas Eymeric, in order to show the horror of the trials of the Inquisition.

[GRAND ALBERT].

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le grand.

Lyon [Avignon], Héritiers de Beringos, 1791 [1850].

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500 €

The most famous of the grimoires of popular magic.
This edition attributed to Offray in Avignon is sought after for its colored plates and its numerous engravings in the text (sometimes full-page).

Le NOSTRADAMUS MODERNE. Almanach national et patriotique, avec des changemens notables dans le Calendrier et des Prédictions pour chaque mois.

Liege, s.n., 1790.

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450 €

Rare Almanach.

[BELIN, Jean Albert].

Traité des talismans ou figures astrales.

Paris, P. De Bresche, 1658.

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450 €

First edition.
A work on astrology dedicated to Kenelm Digby, it was refuted in a book by Placet (La Superstition du Temps, 1667).
A leaf of text is missing from our copy, as is the copy from the Lyon library, the copy from the Wellcome collection and one of the rare copies sold at auction in 2017.

DIGBY, Kenelm.

Nouveaux secrets experimentez pour conserver la beauté des Dames et pour guérir plusieurs sortes de maladie.

La Haye, Jean Van Vlaenderen, 1715.

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450 €

Receipt and the curious treatise on the powder of sympathy of Digby.

[TWELLS, Léonard].

Recherches Sur Ce Qu'iI Faut Entendre Par Les Démoniaques Dont Il Est Parlé Dans Le Nouveau Testament [suivi de] Réponse aux Recherches.

Leide, Boudouin, 1738.

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450 €

First edition in French.
Uncommon work that examines the cases of possession and exorcisms in the New Testament from a theological angle.

[MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé].

Le Comte de Gabalis ou entretiens sur les sciences secrètes
Renouvellé & augmenté d'une lettre sur le sujet.

Cologne, Pierre Marteau, [1691].

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450 €

Rare edition "A la Sphère".

[PERAU, Gabriel Louis Calabre Abbé].

L'Ordre des Francs-Maçons trahi et Le Secret des Mopses révélé.

Amsterdam, s.n., 1771.

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450 €

Edition which includes the text and the plates of the original edition of 1745.
Many curious figures representing Masonic ceremonies.

BOURQUELOT, Felix.

Recherches sur la lycanthropie.

s.l., s.n., [1848].

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450 €

Rare offprint from XIXe volume des Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de France".
Scholarship paper on lycanthropy.

VALLEMONT, Abbé (de).

Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, ou l'agriculture, et le jardinage dans leur perfection.

Bruxelles, Jean Leonard, 1715.

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400 €

New edition.
Abbot de Vallemont is well known for his curious works on occultism. These two volumes deal with all sorts of strange phenomena: the tree of Diana or metallic vegetation, the plant phoenix, palingenesis or the resurrection of plants from their ashes. Allegorical frontispieces and engraved figures.

Copy uncrop.

[GRIMOIRE].

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le Grand contenans plusieurs traités sur la conception des femmes, des vertus des herbes, des pierres précieuses, & des animaux.

Lyon, Héritiers de Béringos Fratres, 1791.

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400 €

Rare 18th century edition of the most famous witchcraft grimoire.

[GRIMOIRE].

Enchiridion Leonis, Papae serenissimo Imperatori - Enchiridion du Pape Léon.

Rome, s.n., 1740 [v.1910].

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400 €

This grimoire is a collection of magical orations to ward off all kinds of illnesses, on bewitchments, possessions, curses. According to legend it was written by Pope Leo III around 795 and offered to Charlemagne.

[GRIMOIRE].

Les Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle du Petit Albert.

Lyon [Paris], Héritiers de Béringos Fratres [Jules Bonaventure], 1868.

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360 €

Rare edition of Petit Albert, one of the most sought-after witchcraft grimoires.
This mid-19th century edition begins with chapters on physiognomy and palmistry, before moving on to the making of talismans, then dealing with natural magic, folk remedies and necromancy.
This edition by Bonaventure has the particularity of placing the figure of Véronique's Veil on the frontispiece.

PORTA, Jean Baptiste.

Physiognomoniae coelestis libri sex.

Rouen, Ioannis Berthelin, 1650.

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350 €

Rare work of Porta, a disciple of Arnaud de Villeneuve and Cardan.
It is a treatise on astrology, which studies the influence of stars on the morphology and human temperaments.

[STEYERT, André].

Brief discours des horrificques & célestialles visions qui furent veües en diverses régions &t notament en la Cité de Lyon, ez années 1527 & 1528, nouvellement mis en lumière, jouxte l'imprimé & augmenté de nottes très- amples & profictables à tous chrestiens & bons françois.
[Suivi de] : La terrible et espouventable comette, laquelle apparut le xi jour d’octobre l’an 1527 en Almaigne.

Lyon, Alf. Louis Perrin et Marinet, 1875.

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350 €

Rare booklet, n° 7 on chinese paper.

[GOUJET, Claude Pierre (Abbé)].

Histoire des Inquisitions ; Où l'on rapporte l'origine & le progrès de ces Tribunaux, leurs variations, & la forme de leur Jurisdiction.

Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1759.

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350 €

First edition.
Interesting work in which Abbé Goujet compiles and comments on the main texts relating to the Inquisition.
The engravings depict scenes of torture and auto-da-fés committed by the Spanish Inquisition.

[BINET, Benjamin].

Idée générale de la théologie payenne, servant de réfutation au système de M. Bekker touchant l'existence et l'opération des démons, ou Traité historique des dieux du paganisme.

Amsterdam, Jean du Fresne, 1699.

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300 €

First edition.
This is a refutation of Balthazar Bekker's system.
Operations and nature of demons, mystery and oracles of ancient religions, etc.

MARY-LAFON, Jean-Bernard.

Histoire politique, religieuse et littéraire du Midi de la France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours.

Paris, Paul Mellier, 1845.

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Mary Lafon is favorably cited as "one of the rare writers who have understood the history and doctrine of the Albigensians", thanks to his knowledge of the language of the people he studied.
The religious issue is thus at the center of his history of the south and remains a valuable source for the history of the Waldensian and Albigensian heresies.
A very complete copy of the 3 maps enhanced with watercolor.

SALGUES, Jacques Barthélémy.

Des Erreurs et des Préjugés répandus dans la société.

Paris, F. Buisson, 1810-1813.

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300 €

First edition.
Each chapter is organized around a question or a belief: the existence of ghosts and specters, the healing of scrofula by the kings of France, should we be wary of Friday the 13th and needle knotters...
An unusual work, pleasant to read.

FABRE D’OLIVET, Dioclès.

Un Médecin d’autrefois.

Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1838.

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300 €

Second edition.
Biography of Paracelsus written by the son of the famous occultist Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (to whom this work is often mistakenly credited).

PLUCHE, Noël Antoine.

Histoire du ciel considéré selon les idées des poètes, des philosophes et de Moïse.

Paris, Veuve Estienne, 1739.

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300 €

First edition.
The chapters on the Egyptian cosmogony are particularly searched.

BARREIRA, Isidoro de.

Tratado das significaçoens das plantas, flores e frutos.

Lisbonne, Manoel Lopes Ferreyra, 1698.

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300 €

Second edition.
Rare Portuguese treatise on the symbolism of plants in sacred and secular writings.

SALVERTE, Eusèbe.

Essai sur la Magie, les Prodiges et les Miracles chez les Anciens.

Bruxelles, Arnold Lacrosse, 1821.

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250 €

The first edition.
Rare missing to Caillet, Dorbon, Yve-Plessis.

DUVAL, Jacques.

Traite des Hermaphrodits parties genitales, accouchemens des femmes, etc.

Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1880.

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250 €

New edition by Isidore Liseux of the very rare original edition of 1612 which was condemned and seized.

Printed in 400 numbered copies on laid paper and initialed by the publisher, ours no. 22.

[PERNETY, Jacques || BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe ].

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

La Haye, Neaulme, 1746.

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250 €

First edition.

BALLET, François (Abbé).

Histoire des Temples des Payens, des Juifs et des Chrétiens.

Paris, Cailleau, 1760.

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250 €

First edition.

JOLLIVET-CASTELOT, François.

Les Sciences Maudites.

Paris, La Maison d'art, 1900.

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250 €

First edition. Printed on paper white, red and blue.

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Occult, demonology, palmistry

GUAITA, Stanislas (de).

La Muse Noire.

WRONSKI, Hoëné.

Sept manuscrits inédits, écrits de 1803 à 1806.

First edition published after the death of Wronski.

BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme.

Le Parfaict Joaillier, ou Histoire des pierreries ou sont amplement descrites leur naissance, de juste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contrefaites, facilitez medicinales, & propriectez curieuses.

[MORELLET, André].

Le Manuel des Inquisiteurs à l'usage des inquisitions d'Espagne & de Portugal.

First edition.Work of the Abbé Morellet which was put on the index in 1764, he proposed there a summarized translation of the "Directorium Inquisitorium" of the grand inquisitor Aragon Nicolas Eymeric, in order to show the horror of the trials of the Inquisition.

[GRAND ALBERT].

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le grand.

The most famous of the grimoires of popular magic. This edition attributed to Offray in Avignon is sought after for its colored plates and its numerous engravings in the text (sometimes full-page).

Le NOSTRADAMUS MODERNE. Almanach national et patriotique, avec des changemens notables dans le Calendrier et des Prédictions pour chaque mois.

Rare Almanach.

[BELIN, Jean Albert].

Traité des talismans ou figures astrales.

First edition. A work on astrology dedicated to Kenelm Digby, it was refuted in a book by Placet (La Superstition du Temps, 1667). A leaf of text is missing from our copy, as is the copy from the Lyon library, the copy from the Wellcome collection and one of the rare copies sold at auction in 2017.

DIGBY, Kenelm.

Nouveaux secrets experimentez pour conserver la beauté des Dames et pour guérir plusieurs sortes de maladie.

Receipt and the curious treatise on the powder of sympathy of Digby.

[TWELLS, Léonard].

Recherches Sur Ce Qu'iI Faut Entendre Par Les Démoniaques Dont Il Est Parlé Dans Le Nouveau Testament [suivi de] Réponse aux Recherches.

First edition in French. Uncommon work that examines the cases of possession and exorcisms in the New Testament from a theological angle.

[MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé].

Le Comte de Gabalis ou entretiens sur les sciences secrètes Renouvellé & augmenté d'une lettre sur le sujet.

Rare edition "A la Sphère".

[PERAU, Gabriel Louis Calabre Abbé].

L'Ordre des Francs-Maçons trahi et Le Secret des Mopses révélé.

Edition which includes the text and the plates of the original edition of 1745. Many curious figures representing Masonic ceremonies.

BOURQUELOT, Felix.

Recherches sur la lycanthropie.

Rare offprint from XIXe volume des Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de France". Scholarship paper on lycanthropy.

VALLEMONT, Abbé (de).

Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, ou l'agriculture, et le jardinage dans leur perfection.

[GRIMOIRE].

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le Grand contenans plusieurs traités sur la conception des femmes, des vertus des herbes, des pierres précieuses, & des animaux.

Rare 18th century edition of the most famous witchcraft grimoire.

[GRIMOIRE].

Enchiridion Leonis, Papae serenissimo Imperatori - Enchiridion du Pape Léon.

This grimoire is a collection of magical orations to ward off all kinds of illnesses, on bewitchments, possessions, curses. According to legend it was written by Pope Leo III around 795 and offered to Charlemagne.

[GRIMOIRE].

Les Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle du Petit Albert.

PORTA, Jean Baptiste.

Physiognomoniae coelestis libri sex.

Rare work of Porta, a disciple of Arnaud de Villeneuve and Cardan. It is a treatise on astrology, which studies the influence of stars on the morphology and human temperaments.

[STEYERT, André].

Rare booklet, n° 7 on chinese paper.

[GOUJET, Claude Pierre (Abbé)].

Histoire des Inquisitions ; Où l'on rapporte l'origine & le progrès de ces Tribunaux, leurs variations, & la forme de leur Jurisdiction.

First edition.Interesting work in which Abbé Goujet compiles and comments on the main texts relating to the Inquisition.The engravings depict scenes of torture and auto-da-fés committed by the Spanish Inquisition.

[BINET, Benjamin].

Idée générale de la théologie payenne, servant de réfutation au système de M. Bekker touchant l'existence et l'opération des démons, ou Traité historique des dieux du paganisme.

First edition.This is a refutation of Balthazar Bekker's system.Operations and nature of demons, mystery and oracles of ancient religions, etc.

MARY-LAFON, Jean-Bernard.

Histoire politique, religieuse et littéraire du Midi de la France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours.

SALGUES, Jacques Barthélémy.

Des Erreurs et des Préjugés répandus dans la société.

First edition.Each chapter is organized around a question or a belief: the existence of ghosts and specters, the healing of scrofula by the kings of France, should we be wary of Friday the 13th and needle knotters... An unusual work, pleasant to read.

FABRE D’OLIVET, Dioclès.

Un Médecin d’autrefois.

Second edition.Biography of Paracelsus written by the son of the famous occultist Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (to whom this work is often mistakenly credited).

PLUCHE, Noël Antoine.

Histoire du ciel considéré selon les idées des poètes, des philosophes et de Moïse.

First edition.The chapters on the Egyptian cosmogony are particularly searched.

BARREIRA, Isidoro de.

Tratado das significaçoens das plantas, flores e frutos.

Second edition. Rare Portuguese treatise on the symbolism of plants in sacred and secular writings.

SALVERTE, Eusèbe.

Essai sur la Magie, les Prodiges et les Miracles chez les Anciens.

The first edition. Rare missing to Caillet, Dorbon, Yve-Plessis.

DUVAL, Jacques.

Traite des Hermaphrodits parties genitales, accouchemens des femmes, etc.

New edition by Isidore Liseux of the very rare original edition of 1612 which was condemned and seized. Printed in 400 numbered copies on laid paper and initialed by the publisher, ours no. 22.

[PERNETY, Jacques || BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe ].

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

First edition.

BALLET, François (Abbé).

Histoire des Temples des Payens, des Juifs et des Chrétiens.

First edition.
Work of the Abbé Morellet which was put on the index in 1764, he proposed there a summarized translation of the "Directorium Inquisitorium" of the grand inquisitor Aragon Nicolas Eymeric, in order to show the horror of the trials of the Inquisition.

The most famous of the grimoires of popular magic.
This edition attributed to Offray in Avignon is sought after for its colored plates and its numerous engravings in the text (sometimes full-page).

First edition.
A work on astrology dedicated to Kenelm Digby, it was refuted in a book by Placet (La Superstition du Temps, 1667).
A leaf of text is missing from our copy, as is the copy from the Lyon library, the copy from the Wellcome collection and one of the rare copies sold at auction in 2017.

First edition in French.
Uncommon work that examines the cases of possession and exorcisms in the New Testament from a theological angle.

Le Comte de Gabalis ou entretiens sur les sciences secrètes
Renouvellé & augmenté d'une lettre sur le sujet.

Edition which includes the text and the plates of the original edition of 1745.
Many curious figures representing Masonic ceremonies.

Rare offprint from XIXe volume des Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de France".
Scholarship paper on lycanthropy.

Rare work of Porta, a disciple of Arnaud de Villeneuve and Cardan.
It is a treatise on astrology, which studies the influence of stars on the morphology and human temperaments.

First edition.
Interesting work in which Abbé Goujet compiles and comments on the main texts relating to the Inquisition.
The engravings depict scenes of torture and auto-da-fés committed by the Spanish Inquisition.

First edition.
This is a refutation of Balthazar Bekker's system.
Operations and nature of demons, mystery and oracles of ancient religions, etc.

First edition.
Each chapter is organized around a question or a belief: the existence of ghosts and specters, the healing of scrofula by the kings of France, should we be wary of Friday the 13th and needle knotters...
An unusual work, pleasant to read.

Second edition.
Biography of Paracelsus written by the son of the famous occultist Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (to whom this work is often mistakenly credited).

First edition.
The chapters on the Egyptian cosmogony are particularly searched.

Second edition.
Rare Portuguese treatise on the symbolism of plants in sacred and secular writings.

The first edition.
Rare missing to Caillet, Dorbon, Yve-Plessis.

New edition by Isidore Liseux of the very rare original edition of 1612 which was condemned and seized.

Printed in 400 numbered copies on laid paper and initialed by the publisher, ours no. 22.