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[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.

Photo [GRAND ALBERT]. 

[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).

Photo [GRIMOIRE]. 

[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.

Photo FAVA, Mgr Amand-Joseph. 

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.

Photo [ALARY, François]. 

[ALARY, François]. 

Le Parnasse Assiégé ou la Guerre Declarée entre les Philosophes Anciens & Modernes. 

Lyon, Antoine Boudet, 1697.
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1750 €

First edtion.
It is only recently that the author of this rare treatise has been identified through the work of Didier Kahn. François Alary is also the author of the famous Texte d'Alchymie, et le songe-verd.
"It is a very curious effusion in which the author attemps to prove the reality of the Hermetic Science and the correctness of the views of Paracelsus" (Duveen).

Photo BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme. 

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.

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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.

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[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.

Photo Abbé JULIO [HOUSSAY, Julien-Ernest]. 

Abbé JULIO [HOUSSAY, Julien-Ernest]. 

Le Livre secret des Grands exorcismes. 

Paris, Henri Durville, [v.1920].
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120 €

Third edition.
Abbé Julio, whose real name was Julien-Ernest Houssay (1844-1912), was a French priest known for his mystical and esoteric writings. He distanced himself from the institutional Church to devote himself to occult sciences, theurgy, and healing prayers. His Secret Book of Great Exorcisms and Blessings is a collection of spiritual formulas, powerful prayers, and rituals designed to combat negative influences, curses, and evil spirits. This work, still valued in esoteric circles, blends Catholic traditions with occult practices to provide a guide for spiritual protection and purification.

Photo [PONCE, Nicolas] || LAVATER. 

[PONCE, Nicolas] || LAVATER. 

Le Lavater historique des femmes célèbres, des temps anciens et modernes; orné de douze portraits et de douze figures d'expressions, gravés en taille douce, d'après le meilleurs originaux. Par M. P. 

Paris, F. Louis, 1809.
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1200 €

First edition, scarce first issue.
A second issue, with the same title page has and additionnal chapter with 4 more plates and a different table of contant page.
Rare with the plates colored.

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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].

Photo DELAMAIRE, Mgr. 

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.

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PARFAIT, Paul. 

Le Dossier des pèlerinages suite de l'arsenal de la dévotion. 

Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, [v. 1880].
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35 €

Paul Parfait continues his census of the superstitious practices of the Catholic Church, in this volume he is interested in pilgrimages (relics, myths, holy places ...).

Photo [MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé]. 

[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".

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RICHARD, Charles-Louis (Abbé). 

La Théorie des Songes. 

Paris, Frères Estienne, 1766.
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600 €

First edition.

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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.

Photo GUAITA, Stanislas (de). 

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.

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STEYERT, A. 

La merveilleuse histoire de l'esprit qui est apparu aux religieuses de Saint-Pierre, à Lyon en l'année 1527. 

Lyon, Mougin-Rusand, 1887.
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150 €

Rare, only 100 copies.

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CAUZONS, Thomas de. 

La Magie et la Sorcellerie en France. 

Paris, Dorbon Ainé, [1901-1912].
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600 €

First edition.

Photo AMIABLE, Louis || COLFAVRU, J-C. 

AMIABLE, Louis || COLFAVRU, J-C. 

La Franc-Maçonnerie en France depuis 1725 (exposé historique et doctrinal). 

Paris, Editions de l'Acacia, 1927.
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50 €

Speech given on July 16, 1889 in the Session of the International Masonic Congress by Br. Amiable and Colfavru.

New enhanced edition of a Memento of the last forty years.

Photo PARFAIT, Paul. 

PARFAIT, Paul. 

La Foire aux reliques. 

Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, [v. 1880].
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30 €

Paul Parfait continues his census of the superstitious practices of the Catholic Church, in this volume he is interested in relics.

Photo LUTHER, Martin. 

LUTHER, Martin. 

La conférence entre Luther et le diable. 

Paris, Liseux, 1875.
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150 €

Reprint of nineteenth century of the text given by Lenglet-Dufresnoy in his "Recueil de dissertations sur les appartions, les visions et les songes. 1715".
Work that want to at accredit the theory of a satanic origin of Protestantism and the collusion between Luther and the devil.

Photo [PERAU, Gabriel Louis Calabre Abbé]. 

[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.

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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.

Photo PARFAIT, Paul. 

PARFAIT, Paul. 

L'Arsenal de la dévotion, notes pour servir à l'histoire des superstitions. 

Paris, Georges Decaux, [v. 1880].
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30 €

Paul Parfait identifies the superstitious practices of the Catholic Church then in progress: pious waters, amulets, candles.

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PAULET, Jean Jacques. 

L'Antimagnétisme ou origine, progrès, décadence, renouvellement et réfutation du magnétisme animal. 

Londres, s.n., 1784.
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120 €

First edition.
Work criticizing Mesmer and his demonstrations of animal magnetism.
In his introduction, the author accuses economists of having introduced the taste for mysticism into good society.

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BROUWERS, Alphonse. 

L'Action de la Franc-Maçonnerie dans l'histoire moderne. 

Liège, H. Dessain, 1892.
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80 €

First edition.

"Stimulated by the encyclical" Humanum genus "of our great Pope Leo XIII, I undertook to unveil the action of the Freemasons in modern history. This study did not lead me to find a single good work accomplished by the sect; on the contrary, its action has been and still is most pernicious for the family and society. " (extract from the preface).

Photo GESSMANN, G.W. 

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.

Photo [BINET, Benjamin]. 

[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.

Photo [PERRIN, Louis]. 

[PERRIN, Louis]. 

Histoire véritable de la grande cruauté et tyrannie faicte et exercée par un colonel signalé de l'armée de Gallas, lequel a tué et violé plusieurs paysans et paysannes. Qui a esté emporté et mangé visiblement par les Diables. 

Lyon, Louis Perrin, 1875.
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120 €

Reprint by the publisher Perrin of a curious booklet printed in Aix in 1637.

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