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Photo FABRE D'OLIVET, Antoine. 

FABRE D'OLIVET, Antoine. 

La langue hébraïque restituée et le véritable sens des mots hébreux rétabli et prouvé par leur analyse radicale. 

Paris, chez l'auteur, 1815-1816.
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1300 €

First edition of the main work of Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, philosopher and theosophist.

This remarkable treatise, important for the linguistic purity of Hermetic sources, brings together an introductory dissertation on the origin of speech, a Hebrew grammar, a series of Hebrew roots, a preliminary discourse, and a French translation of the first ten chapters of the Sepher, containing the cosmogony of Moses.

A fresh copy.

Photo MEAD, Richard. 

MEAD, Richard. 

De Imperio Solis ac Lunae in corpora Humana et Morbis inde oriundis. 

Londres, Raphael Smith, 1704.
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1500 €

First edition.
Richard Mead (1673-1754), a physician and friend of Isaac Newton, attempts in this book to demonstrate the influence of gravitational forces on human health. Mesmer drew heavily on this book to write his doctoral thesis in 1766 (On the Influence of the Planets on the Human Body). The term "animal gravitation," taken from Mead, was later changed by Mesmer to "animal magnetism.".

Photo MICHAËLIS, P.F. Sébastien. 

MICHAËLIS, P.F. Sébastien. 

Pneumalogie ou discours des esprits en tant qu'il est de besoin pour entendre et resouldre la matiere difficile des sorciers. 

Paris, Guillaume Bichon, 1587.
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3500 €

First edition.

Sébastien Michaelis (1543-1618), a Dominican priest, participated as vice-inquisitor in one of the most spectacular witchcraft trials of the great witch hunts that shook Europe at the turn of the 16th century.
The Avignon affair, as it would later become known, ended with the conviction and execution of eighteen individuals.

The trial, whose judgment Michaelis reproduces in his book, provided an opportunity to delve into the practices of witches and their dealings with demons: On which day is Satan celebrated? Why does the Devil appear in the form of a goat? Can human bodies fly? Why are there more witches than warlocks? These are among the questions to which the inquisitor provides answers.

In his conclusion—which would vanish from subsequent editions—the inquisitor wonders whether the witches' testimonies might simply be the product of "dreams and imaginations." However, even if they were dreams, our Dominican concludes that if imagination produced pleasure, then the witch is doubly guilty and deserves death!

This valuable copy previously belonged to Maurice Garçon (no. 135 in his sale catalog), a renowned collector specializing in demonology and witchcraft trials. He left a handwritten note on the endpaper, highlighting the significance of the conclusion.

Photo NAUDE, Gabriel. 

NAUDE, Gabriel. 

Apologie pour les grands hommes soupçonnez de magie. 

Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1712.
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600 €

Last old edition of this treatise on magic and medieval science, which set out to defend men accused of being magicians, such as Merlin, Nostradamus, Roger Bacon, Paracelsus, and Popes Sylvester II and Gregory VII.

A rationalist defense of figures accused of magic. An emblematic text of the humanist critique of superstitions, heralding the Enlightenment.
It features: Socrates, Aristotle, Plotinus, Paracelsus, Agrippa, Savonarola, Nostradamus, Roger Bacon, Albertus Magnus, and more.

Photo [VALMONT, (de)]. 

[VALMONT, (de)]. 

Dissertation sur les maléfices et les sorciers. 

Tourcoing, Cavelier, 1752.
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1100 €

First edition.
Book that analyzes the case of "the girl from Tourcoing" who produced needles inside her body. The author then extends the work to the question of evil spells and the means of preventing sorcerers.

According to Deschamps (in Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne à l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de livres. 1269), this is the first book printed in Tourcoing. Others believe it was printed in Tournai or Lille.

This work on a thorny subject was bound after: Longueruana, or collection of thoughts, speeches and conversations, Berlin, 1754. xxiii-391 pages.

Photo COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon. 

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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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.

Photo JACOB, Pierre || LULLE, Raymond. 

JACOB, Pierre || LULLE, Raymond. 

La clavicule ou Science de Raymond Lulle.
Avec toutes les figures de Rhétorique par le Sieur Jacob et la vie du même Raymond Lulle, par Monsieur Colletet. 

Paris, Jean Remy, 1647.
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750 €

First edition of this rhetorical work at the crossroads of occult and information sciences.

Bound after Llull's treatise: BAUDOIN. Traité des fondements de la science générale et universelle. Le Cointe, Paris, 1651.
Pierre Baudouin de Montarcis was one of the leading French Lullists of the 17th century, possessor of a collection of handwritten copies of the works of the Illuminated Doctor, translator and commentator of some of them, alchemist, and prolific author of treatises on all sorts of subjects. (See F.-P. Goy. Pierre Baudouin de Montarcis, un lulliste français du Grand Siècle).

Photo COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon. 

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.

Photo [REVUE ESOTERIQUE]. 

[REVUE ESOTERIQUE]. 

Psyché, revue du spiritualisme moderne (51 volumes). 

Paris, s.n., 1920-1931.
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200 €

Collection of 51 issues of the magazine Psyché.
This esoteric review took over from the review "Le Spiritualisme Moderne" created in 1897.
Among the regular contributors to this review are: Beaudelot, J.K. Huysmans, Edouard Schure, Leon Combes, Victor-Emile Michelet, Phaneg, Marc Haven, Papus, Dr. Alta, Sedir...
Details of the issues:
1920: 5 issues (No. 286 to 290) 1923: No. 330, 331 1924: 8 issues (No. 333 to 339, No. 343 and 344) 1925: 8 issues (No. 346 to 351 and No. 354 to 357) 1926: 3 issues (No. 360, 366, 368) 1927: 5 issues (No. 371 and No. 374 to 377) 1928: 4 issues (No. 383 to 387) 1929: 4 issues (No. 391 to 394) 1930: 9 issues (No. 400 to 402 and No. 404 to 408 and No. 410) 1931: 3 issues (No. 412 to 414).

Photo SEDIR, Paul. 

SEDIR, Paul. 

Les Amitiés Spirituelles (166 numéros). 

Paris, s.n., 1920-1971.
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250 €

Collection of 166 volumes of the Bulletin of the Association of Spiritual Friendships founded in 1920 by Paul Sédir, French esotericist and mystic.
This association, still active, defines itself as: "a group of people of good will, whatever their nationality or religion, who recognize Christ as the only Master of the interior life and the Gospel as the true law of consciences and peoples."

Volume details:
2nd year 1920-1921: 8 issues (missing numbers 7, 8, 10).
3rd year 1921-1922: 10 issues (full year).
4th year 1922-1923: 9 issues (missing number 6).
5th year 1923-1924: 9 issues (missing number 4).
6th year 1924-1925: 10 issues (full year).
7th year 1925-1926: 9 issues (missing no. 5).
1928: no. 1 .
1930: no. 7, 9, 10 .
1931: no. 12 .
1932-1937: 16 issues (no. 18 to 34) .
1938: no. 39 .
1939: no. 43, 44 .
1950-1971: continuous series of 88 volumes (no. 1 to 88).

Photo VISSAC, Marc. 

VISSAC, Marc. 

Allégories & symboles. 

Paris, Aubry, 1872.
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50 €

First edition.
Printed within 460 copies on beautiful laid paper.

Photo GARINET, Jules. 

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.

Photo BARREIRA, Isidoro de. 

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.

Photo COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques-Albin-Simon. 

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques-Albin-Simon. 

Le Diable peint par lui-même. 

Paris, P. Mongie Aîné, 1819.
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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.

Photo FABRE D’OLIVET, Dioclès. 

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).

Photo [LAMY, Dom Francois]. 

[LAMY, Dom Francois]. 

Conjectures physiques sur deux colonnes de nüe qui ont paru depuis quelques années & sur les extraordinaires effets du tonnerre. 

Paris, Veuve de Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1689.
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950 €

First edition.
Illustrated with a folding plate and four figures in the text, two of which are full-page.
Lamy studies here two "lightning strikes" that had left their mark, the first on April 26, 1676 in Soissons had left an astonishing frieze (which is reproduced on the folding plate) in the dormitory of an Abbey. The second in Lagny on July 18, 1689, where lightning had struck the altar of the Church of Saint-Sauveur and imprinted the canon of the mass on its tablecloth.
Camille Flammarion devotes an entire chapter in his book "Les Caprices de la foudre" to Lamy's observations, and tells us: "A monk, Father Lamy, of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, published in 1696 [Editor's note: 2nd ed.] an excellent pamphlet, dictated by the clearest common sense, on the curious effects of lightning, which were then the subject of the most superstitious commentaries. Voltaire could not have reasoned better.".

Photo [GRIMOIRE]. 

[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.

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

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.

Photo D'AUBERNY, (Professeur). 

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 DURVILLE, Henri. 

DURVILLE, Henri. 

La Science secrète. 

Paris, Henri Durville, 1923.
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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 [GRIMOIRE]. 

[GRIMOIRE]. 

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

Paris, Albin Michel, [v.1920].
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Edition by Albin-Michel of the two most famous witchcraft grimoires.

Photo DUGASTON, G. 

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.

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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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 [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 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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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.

Photo [GRAND ALBERT]. 

[GRAND ALBERT]. 

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le grand. 

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

SAINTYVES, Pierre. 

Les Origines de la médecine: Empirisme ou magie ?. 

Paris, Nourry, 1920.
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60 €

First edition.
Presentation copy.

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 [GOUJET, Claude Pierre (Abbé)]. 

[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.

Photo [BELIN, Jean Albert]. 

[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.

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