Occult, demonology, palmistry

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[PLUCHE, Noël Antoine].

Histoire du ciel, où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie sur la formation, & sur les influences des corps célestes.

Paris, Veuve Estienne, 1740.

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Second edition.

[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.

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

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

La Haye, Neaulme, 1746.

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250 €

First edition.

PLUCHE, Noël Antoine.

Histoire du ciel où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie.

Paris, Vve Estienne & fils, 1749.

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200 €

PERNETY, Antoine-Joseph.

Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique dans lequel on trouve les Allégories Fabuleuses des Poètes, les Métaphores, les énigmes et les Termes barbares des Philosophes Hermétiques expliqués.

Paris, Bauche, 1758.

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650 €

First edition of this important source for knowledge of the history of alchemy and its symbols.

[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.

BALLET, François (Abbé).

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

Paris, Cailleau, 1760.

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250 €

First edition.

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).

[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.

RICHARD, Charles-Louis (Abbé).

La Théorie des Songes.

Paris, Frères Estienne, 1766.

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600 €

First edition.

OCELLUS, Lucanus.

De la nature de l'univers Avec la Traduction Françoise & des Remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux.

Paris, Saillant, 1768.

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150 €

First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek.
Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

Paris, Saillant, 1769.

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200 €

First edition.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

Paris, Saillant, 1769.

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[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.

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].

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.

PERNETY, Antoine Joseph.

Les Fables Egyptiennes et Grecques dévoilées & réduites au même principe, avec une explication des hiéroglyphes et de la guerre de Troye.

Paris, Delalain, 1786.

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600 €

Second edition.
Treatise by Pernety in which he argues that the Greek and Egyptian mythologies contain the secret of the Great Work.

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.

[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).

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

BROUSSAIS, François Joseph Victor.

Cours de phrénologie.

Paris, Baillière, 1836.

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120 €

First edition.
Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

FRERE, Abbé.

Examen du magnétisme animal.

Paris, Gaume Frères, 1837.

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125 €

First edition.

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).

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Occult, demonology, palmistry

[PLUCHE, Noël Antoine].

Histoire du ciel, où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie sur la formation, & sur les influences des corps célestes.

Second edition.

[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.

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

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

First edition.

PLUCHE, Noël Antoine.

Histoire du ciel où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie.

PERNETY, Antoine-Joseph.

Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique dans lequel on trouve les Allégories Fabuleuses des Poètes, les Métaphores, les énigmes et les Termes barbares des Philosophes Hermétiques expliqués.

First edition of this important source for knowledge of the history of alchemy and its symbols.

[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.

BALLET, François (Abbé).

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

First edition.

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).

[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.

RICHARD, Charles-Louis (Abbé).

La Théorie des Songes.

First edition.

OCELLUS, Lucanus.

De la nature de l'univers Avec la Traduction Françoise & des Remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux.

First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek. Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

First edition.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

First edition.

[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.

COUTAN.

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

PAULET, Jean Jacques.

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

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.

PERNETY, Antoine Joseph.

Les Fables Egyptiennes et Grecques dévoilées & réduites au même principe, avec une explication des hiéroglyphes et de la guerre de Troye.

Second edition.Treatise by Pernety in which he argues that the Greek and Egyptian mythologies contain the secret of the Great Work.

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

Rare Almanach.

[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).

[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.

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.

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.

GARINET, Jules.

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

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

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

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.

SALVERTE, Eusèbe.

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

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

BROUSSAIS, François Joseph Victor.

Cours de phrénologie.

First edition.Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

FRERE, Abbé.

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.

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).

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.

First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek.
Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

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

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.

Second edition.
Treatise by Pernety in which he argues that the Greek and Egyptian mythologies contain the secret of the Great Work.

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, 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.

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.

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

First edition.
Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

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).