Occult, demonology, palmistry

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[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.

[GRIMOIRE].

Le Véritable Dragon rouge où il est traité de l'art de commander les esprits infernaux [...] plus La Poule noire édition augmentée des secrets de la Reine Cléopatre.

s.l., s.n., [v.1910].

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950 €

Famous grimoire of witchcraft that gives the secret names of demons and the means to invoke them. This edition is augmented with the secrets of the black hen, but also the secrets of Cleopatra to preserve her legendary beauty and the secrets of Artephius to become invisible.
Indispensable to any occult library.

[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 Admirables secrets de Magie naturelle du Grand Albert et du Petit Albert.

Paris, Albin Michel, [v.1920].

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50 €

Edition by Albin-Michel of the two most famous witchcraft grimoires.

[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.

[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).

GOULART, Simon.

Thresor d'histoires admirables et mémorables de nostre temps.

Genève, Samuel Crespin, 1620.

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600 €

A very curious collection of singular and extraordinary facts classified in alphabetical order. Our second volume ends at the letter Z but this edition will see a two-volume suite published by Jacques Crespin in 1628.
First edition done in 1610.
Bibliophilic curiosity at the end of the second volume is the colophon of Jean III de Tournes who then begins his work as a printer in Geneva.

[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.

GESSMANN, G.W.

Katechismus der Kopfformenkunde das ist der Lehre von der Lokalisation der geistgen Fähigkeiten des Menschen im Gehirne.

Berlin, Karl Siegismund, 1897.

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30 €

First edition.
Phrenology book in German.
Funny figure on double page representing the phrenological zones.

GARINET, Jules.

Histoire de la magie en France, depuis le commencement de la monarchie jusqu’à nos jours.

Paris, Foulon, 1818.

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110 €

First edition.
One of the first modern works to critically retrace the history of magical practices and superstitions in France. Highly prized by historians of the imagination and mentalities.
The work is well-documented. Garinet was working at this time with Collin de Plancy, who published the first edition of his Dictionnaire infernal that same year.
A copy as published, with full margins.

FRERE, Abbé.

Examen du magnétisme animal.

Paris, Gaume Frères, 1837.

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125 €

First edition.

FAVA, Mgr Amand-Joseph.

Le secret de la Franc-maçonnerie.

Lille, Société de Saint-Augustin, Desclée, De Brouwer et Cie, 1883.

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45 €

Second edition of this anti Masonic work.

FAVA, Mgr Amand-Joseph.

Discours sur le secret de la Franc-maçonnerie.

Paris, H.Oudin, 1882.

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150 €

Rare first edition of this anti Masonic work.

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).

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.

DURVILLE, Henri.

La Science secrète.

Paris, Henri Durville, 1923.

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250 €

First edition (30000e print).
An imposing work decorated with 59 figures in and outside the text. The first part of the work is a sort of encyclopedia of all initiatory currents since ancient China: Vedic traditions, Gnosticism, Masonry, Eleusis, Martinism.

DUGASTON, G.

Magie et Sorcellerie.

Paris, Albin Michel, [1922].

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50 €

First edition.
The witchcraft section contains the secrets of the Red Dragon and the black masses in Indian tradition.

DOYOTTE, A.-F.-M.

Essai sur le surnaturel, Sa notion.

Saint-Cloud, Ve Belin, 1865.

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80 €

Rare first edition of this thesis on supernatural.
Inscribed copy.

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.

DELAMAIRE, Mgr.

Le Franc-Maçon Voilà l'ennemi !
Des pauvres, De l'Ouvrier, Du Fonctionnaire, Des Honnêtes Gens.

Paris, Maison de la bonne Presse, [1903].

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45 €

Rare anti Masonic work.

[DAMAS-HINARD, Jean].

Un prophète inconnu. Prédictions, jugements et conseils par le Marquis de La Gervaisais.

Paris, Ledoyen, 1850.

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100 €

First edition.

D'AUBERNY, (Professeur).

L'Irrésistible puissance par "La Rénovatrice".

s.l., s.n., [v.1910].

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200 €

First edition.
A curious work in which Professor d'Auberny praises the powers of his magic ring "La Rénovatrice": "The composition of the metal is such that its effect must be infallible. It has a surprising radioactivity and, through the condensation of the powerful elements it contains, an incalculable power".
The work is illustrated on almost every page by Verdier with compositions depicting the powers of the ring.

D'ARIANYS, (Professeur) [PONS, Edouard].

Traité de Force puissante et des phénomènes provoqués par la bague Toute Puissante Bijou Radio-Actif.

s.l., s.n., [v.1910].

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80 €

First edition.
Curious work in which Professor d'Arianys (pseudonym of Edouard Pons) praises the powers of his magic ring "Toute Puissante". Edouard Pons was convicted of fraud in 1910...
The work is illustrated with compositions depicting the powers of the ring.

COUTAN.

Le Grand Oeuvre dévoilé en faveur des enfans de la Lumière.

Paris, Delalin, 1775.

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950 €

III. Scarce first edition of the "Grand oeuvre dévoilée".

First are bound two other works :
I. LE CHOYSELAT, Prudent. Discours oeconomique, non moins utile que recreatif, monstrant comme de cinq cens livres pour une foys employées, l'on peult tirer par an quatre mil cinq cens livres de proffict honneste, qui est le moyen de faire profier son argent. Rouen: Martin le Menestrier, 1612 [but c. 1745].
II. LE BRETON. Divers Objets d'économie rurale et domestique. Chez l'Auteur. Paris [1788].

COMBE, George || LEBEAU, H.

Traité de phrénologie.

Bruxelles, Société Belge de librairie, 1840.

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110 €

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau.
George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques-Albin-Simon.

Le Diable peint par lui-même.

Paris, P. Mongie Aîné, 1819.

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800 €

First edition.
A unique literary work about demons, from the dark romantic movement. It extends Collin de Plancy's work on demonology with a narrative style, the Devil boasting of his exactions: Forms and Metamorphoses. Demons in mud, in tree trunks, in toads, in black cats, in bears, in pigs, in young girls, etc. Services rendered by demons, the devil and St. Dominic, misadventures and weaknesses of demons, the Infernal Council, Agrippa, Cardan, Scaliger, Mesmer, Cagliostro, etc. Loves of demons with mortals, Love of a nun and a demon, Love of a devil for a chaste nun, etc.

With a curious grave frontispiece representing an interview between the author and the devil.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

Paris, Guien et Compagnie, 1821-1822.

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220 €

First edition.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire infernal ou recherches et anecdotes sur les Démons, les Esprits.

Paris, P. Mongie, 1818.

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2800 €

First edition.
First edition of Collin de Plancy's famous work, which presents itself as an encyclopedia of superstitions, demonology, occult sciences and all popular beliefs related to the devil and magic.
The work is both erudite and tinged with irony, typical of the rationalist tone of the 19th century.

Our copy, complete with the two allegorical frontispieces by Delignon, one representing a sabbath, the other represents Superstition.

COLLET, Pierre.

Examen et résolutions des principales difficultés qui se rencontrent dans la célébration des SS. Mystères.

Paris, Debure l'ainé, 1760.

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250 €

Work of Christian mysticism devoted to the holy sacraments and mainly to the Eucharist.

Copy which was successively in the libraries of Maurice Garçon (his ex libris on the inside cover) and of Guy Bechtel (lot n°84 of his sale catalog in 1978, the provenance Garçon is mentioned there).

CAUZONS, Thomas de.

La Magie et la Sorcellerie en France.

Paris, Dorbon Ainé, [1901-1912].

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600 €

First edition.

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Occult, demonology, palmistry

[GRIMOIRE].

Les Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle du Petit Albert.

[GRIMOIRE].

Le Véritable Dragon rouge où il est traité de l'art de commander les esprits infernaux [...] plus La Poule noire édition augmentée des secrets de la Reine Cléopatre.

[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 Admirables secrets de Magie naturelle du Grand Albert et du Petit Albert.

Edition by Albin-Michel of the two most famous witchcraft grimoires.

[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.

[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).

GOULART, Simon.

Thresor d'histoires admirables et mémorables de nostre temps.

[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.

GESSMANN, G.W.

Katechismus der Kopfformenkunde das ist der Lehre von der Lokalisation der geistgen Fähigkeiten des Menschen im Gehirne.

First edition.Phrenology book in German.Funny figure on double page representing the phrenological zones.

GARINET, Jules.

Histoire de la magie en France, depuis le commencement de la monarchie jusqu’à nos jours.

FRERE, Abbé.

Examen du magnétisme animal.

First edition.

FAVA, Mgr Amand-Joseph.

Le secret de la Franc-maçonnerie.

Second edition of this anti Masonic work.

FAVA, Mgr Amand-Joseph.

Discours sur le secret de la Franc-maçonnerie.

Rare first edition of this anti Masonic work.

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).

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.

DURVILLE, Henri.

La Science secrète.

First edition (30000e print).An imposing work decorated with 59 figures in and outside the text. The first part of the work is a sort of encyclopedia of all initiatory currents since ancient China: Vedic traditions, Gnosticism, Masonry, Eleusis, Martinism.

DUGASTON, G.

Magie et Sorcellerie.

First edition.The witchcraft section contains the secrets of the Red Dragon and the black masses in Indian tradition.

DOYOTTE, A.-F.-M.

Essai sur le surnaturel, Sa notion.

Rare first edition of this thesis on supernatural. Inscribed copy.

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.

DELAMAIRE, Mgr.

Le Franc-Maçon Voilà l'ennemi ! Des pauvres, De l'Ouvrier, Du Fonctionnaire, Des Honnêtes Gens.

Rare anti Masonic work.

[DAMAS-HINARD, Jean].

Un prophète inconnu. Prédictions, jugements et conseils par le Marquis de La Gervaisais.

First edition.

D'AUBERNY, (Professeur).

L'Irrésistible puissance par "La Rénovatrice".

D'ARIANYS, (Professeur) [PONS, Edouard].

Traité de Force puissante et des phénomènes provoqués par la bague Toute Puissante Bijou Radio-Actif.

First edition. Curious work in which Professor d'Arianys (pseudonym of Edouard Pons) praises the powers of his magic ring "Toute Puissante". Edouard Pons was convicted of fraud in 1910... The work is illustrated with compositions depicting the powers of the ring.

COUTAN.

Le Grand Oeuvre dévoilé en faveur des enfans de la Lumière.

COMBE, George || LEBEAU, H.

Traité de phrénologie.

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau. George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques-Albin-Simon.

Le Diable peint par lui-même.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

First edition.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire infernal ou recherches et anecdotes sur les Démons, les Esprits.

COLLET, Pierre.

Examen et résolutions des principales difficultés qui se rencontrent dans la célébration des SS. Mystères.

Work of Christian mysticism devoted to the holy sacraments and mainly to the Eucharist. Copy which was successively in the libraries of Maurice Garçon (his ex libris on the inside cover) and of Guy Bechtel (lot n°84 of his sale catalog in 1978, the provenance Garçon is mentioned there).

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.
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.
Phrenology book in German.
Funny figure on double page representing the phrenological zones.

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).

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.

First edition (30000e print).
An imposing work decorated with 59 figures in and outside the text. The first part of the work is a sort of encyclopedia of all initiatory currents since ancient China: Vedic traditions, Gnosticism, Masonry, Eleusis, Martinism.

First edition.
The witchcraft section contains the secrets of the Red Dragon and the black masses in Indian tradition.

Rare first edition of this thesis on supernatural.
Inscribed copy.

Le Franc-Maçon Voilà l'ennemi !
Des pauvres, De l'Ouvrier, Du Fonctionnaire, Des Honnêtes Gens.

First edition.
Curious work in which Professor d'Arianys (pseudonym of Edouard Pons) praises the powers of his magic ring "Toute Puissante". Edouard Pons was convicted of fraud in 1910...
The work is illustrated with compositions depicting the powers of the ring.

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau.
George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

Work of Christian mysticism devoted to the holy sacraments and mainly to the Eucharist.

Copy which was successively in the libraries of Maurice Garçon (his ex libris on the inside cover) and of Guy Bechtel (lot n°84 of his sale catalog in 1978, the provenance Garçon is mentioned there).