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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).

LE BRETON, Jean.

Les Clefs de la Philosophie Spagyrique, qui donnent la connoissance des Principes & des véritables opérations de cet Art dans les Mixtes des trois genres.

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1722.

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3000 €

Scarce first edition of this important alchemical treatise.
Le Breton's Les Clefs de la Philosophie spagirique (1722) is quoted at least twice by Fulcanelli in Le Mystère des Cathédrales.
1.
"Selon Le Breton, « il y a quatre putréfactions dans l’Œuvre philosophique. La première, dans la
première séparation ; la seconde, dans la première conjonction ; la troisième dans la seconde
conjonction, qui se fait de l’eau pesante avec son sel ; la quatrième, enfin, dans la fixation de
soulphre. Dans chacune de ces putréfactions, la noirceur arrive. » [Le Breton, Clefs de la
Philosophie Spagyrique. Paris, Jombert, 1722, p. 282.] "
2.
« Il y a, dit Le Breton, un minéral connu des vrais Sçavans qui le cachent dans leurs écrits sous
divers noms, lequel contient abondamment le fixe et le volatil. » [Le Breton, Clefs de la
Philosophie Spagyrique. Paris, Jombert, 1722, p. 240.]

Very good copy.

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.

SAINTYVES, Pierre.

Les Origines de la médecine: Empirisme ou magie ?.

Paris, Nourry, 1920.

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60 €

First edition.
Presentation copy.

THOMAS, Gabriel.

Les procès de sorcellerie et la suggestion hypnotique.

Nancy, Vagner, 1885.

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90 €

First edition.

Presentation copy.

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.

LEMNE, Levin [LEMNIUS, Levinus].

Les Secrets miracles de nature et divers enseignemens de plusieurs choses.

Lyon, Jean Frellon, 1566.

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2500 €

First french edition.
A Dutch doctor and disciple of Gesner and Vesalius, Lemne here delivers a veritable cabinet of curiosities on the origins of living and evil beings.

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

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

La Haye, Neaulme, 1746.

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250 €

First edition.

[MANUSCRIT].

Livre pour les communications dicté par l'esprit de Mon grand Père , Moret Louis Piere, donner à Madame Parain.

s.l., s.n., [v.1867].

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2500 €

Very rare manuscript of spiritualist session reports.
The spiritualist wave arrived in France in 1854, and spread to all walks of life. We will remember, for example, the famous sessions of Victor Hugo in Guernsey...
In the following decades, all bourgeois families tried to turn the tables or dance. Methods of spiritualist contact are becoming more refined, we are seeing automatic writing methods appear in the presence or absence of a medium.

Very few of the sessions from this period have left written traces; the manuscript we present is the transcription of automatic writing sessions that took place between October 1866 and March 1867 in the Moret family. The first sessions took place in the presence of the medium Ms. Parain then in Bordeaux with the help of Ms. Benoit. Mrs. X. (unidentified) first contacted her grandfather Louis Pierre Moret. This is also why she transcribed the content of her communications in this notebook which belonged to her grandfather. The first communications are short, but little by little the mind gains confidence and the communications are longer. It was then his mother Marie Louise Moulins who “took up” the pen, then his father Moret. It is also amusing to note that the signatures of the spirits gradually become different.

The spirits advise their descendants to pray for them, to be charitable and above all to spread the ideas of spiritualism! We know that her husband tried a session but seems very skeptical...In a communication one of the spirits evokes the Other world which is organized into planets hierarchized according to the degree of wisdom, the summit seems to be the planet Juno .

70-page manuscript, quite fascinating to read!

The book is continued by another hand (probably at the beginning of the 20th century) who used it to note famous quotes and thoughts (out of 114 pages, around twenty leaves were cut from this part) then 250 blank pages remain.

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.

LIEUTAUD, V.

Notes pour servir à l'Histoire de Provence.
Discours prodigieux de ce qui est arrivé en la Comté d'Avignon contenant tant le déluge degast des eaux et feu tombé du ciel que les ruines du pont de Sorgues Bederide et Aubainien et austres prodiges estranges arrivez ausdits lieux, le dimanche vingt-unième jour d'Août 1616.

Marseille & Aix, Boy & Maikaire, 1873.

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Rare reprint from the 1616 edition.
Presentation copy.

[MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé].

Nouveaux entretiens sur les sciences secrètes, ou le Comte de Gabalis. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'une lettre sur le sujet.

Cologne, Paul de la Tenaille, 1693.

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950 €

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.

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.

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.

[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.

LABORDE, Léon de.

Recherches sur ce qu'il s'est conservé dans l'Egypte moderne de la science des anciens magiciens.

Lille, Jules Renouard et Cie, 1841.

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600 €

Scarce. Only 25 copies.
Work on Egyptian magic.

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.

AFFAIRE GIRARD-CADIÈRE.

Recueil des pièces concernant le procès entre la Demoiselle Cadière, de la Ville de Toulon et le Père Girard, Jésuite.

s.l., s.n., 1731.

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1950 €

Collection of 45 pieces of the witchcraft trials of Girard priest, accused of bewitching, raped and aborted on a girl of Toulon, Catherine Cadière.

LEGUE & GILLES DE LA TOURETTE.

Soeur Jeanne des Anges supérieure des ursulines de Loudun, Autobiographie d'une hystérique possédée.

Paris, A. Delahaye et Lecrosnier, 1886.

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75 €

First edition.

Contains a reproduction of the famous letter from Asmodeus.

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.

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.

THIERS, Jean-Baptiste.

Traité des superstitions selon l'Écriture Sainte, les décrets des conciles et les sentiments des saints Pères….

Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1679.

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750 €

Rare first edition.

HUET, Pierre Daniel.

Traitté de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre.

Paris, Jean Anisson, 1691.

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1500 €

First edition.
Curious work in which Huet try to find the location of Paradise.
Rare in morocco binding (not in Caillet, Dorbon as only the 1701 edition).

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.

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).

[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.

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Occult, demonology, palmistry

SEDIR, Paul.

Les Amitiés Spirituelles (166 numéros).

LE BRETON, Jean.

Les Clefs de la Philosophie Spagyrique, qui donnent la connoissance des Principes & des véritables opérations de cet Art dans les Mixtes des trois genres.

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.

SAINTYVES, Pierre.

Les Origines de la médecine: Empirisme ou magie ?.

First edition.Presentation copy.

THOMAS, Gabriel.

Les procès de sorcellerie et la suggestion hypnotique.

First edition. Presentation copy.

JOLLIVET-CASTELOT, François.

Les Sciences Maudites.

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

LEMNE, Levin [LEMNIUS, Levinus].

Les Secrets miracles de nature et divers enseignemens de plusieurs choses.

First french edition.A Dutch doctor and disciple of Gesner and Vesalius, Lemne here delivers a veritable cabinet of curiosities on the origins of living and evil beings.

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

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

First edition.

[MANUSCRIT].

Livre pour les communications dicté par l'esprit de Mon grand Père , Moret Louis Piere, donner à Madame Parain.

DUGASTON, G.

Magie et Sorcellerie.

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

LIEUTAUD, V.

Rare reprint from the 1616 edition. Presentation copy.

[MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé].

Nouveaux entretiens sur les sciences secrètes, ou le Comte de Gabalis. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'une lettre sur le sujet.

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.

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.

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.

[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.

LABORDE, Léon de.

Recherches sur ce qu'il s'est conservé dans l'Egypte moderne de la science des anciens magiciens.

Scarce. Only 25 copies. Work on Egyptian magic.

BOURQUELOT, Felix.

Recherches sur la lycanthropie.

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

AFFAIRE GIRARD-CADIÈRE.

Recueil des pièces concernant le procès entre la Demoiselle Cadière, de la Ville de Toulon et le Père Girard, Jésuite.

Collection of 45 pieces of the witchcraft trials of Girard priest, accused of bewitching, raped and aborted on a girl of Toulon, Catherine Cadière.

LEGUE & GILLES DE LA TOURETTE.

Soeur Jeanne des Anges supérieure des ursulines de Loudun, Autobiographie d'une hystérique possédée.

First edition.Contains a reproduction of the famous letter from Asmodeus.

GOULART, Simon.

Thresor d'histoires admirables et mémorables de nostre temps.

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.

THIERS, Jean-Baptiste.

Traité des superstitions selon l'Écriture Sainte, les décrets des conciles et les sentiments des saints Pères….

Rare first edition.

HUET, Pierre Daniel.

Traitté de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre.

First edition. Curious work in which Huet try to find the location of Paradise. Rare in morocco binding (not in Caillet, Dorbon as only the 1701 edition).

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.

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).

[DAMAS-HINARD, Jean].

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

First edition.

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

First edition.
Presentation copy.

First edition.

Presentation copy.

First french edition.
A Dutch doctor and disciple of Gesner and Vesalius, Lemne here delivers a veritable cabinet of curiosities on the origins of living and evil beings.

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

Rare reprint from the 1616 edition.
Presentation copy.

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

Scarce. Only 25 copies.
Work on Egyptian magic.

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

First edition.

Contains a reproduction of the famous letter from Asmodeus.

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.

First edition.
Curious work in which Huet try to find the location of Paradise.
Rare in morocco binding (not in Caillet, Dorbon as only the 1701 edition).

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

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).