AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius, (1486?-1535). The Vanity of Arts and Sciences . London: printed by R. Everingham for R. Bentely, 1694. 8° (178 x 110mm). Portrait laid down. (Slight loss to border of portrait, repair to A3 with no text loss, light browning, heavier on last page, lacking final blank.) 19th-century calf (front cover detached, some scuffing and light staining, back hinge cracked). Provenance : Robert Browning (1812-1889, ink signature - but not thought to be the poet) - Robert W. and Adelaide B. (exlibris)
AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius, (1486?-1535). The Vanity of Arts and Sciences . London: printed by R. Everingham for R. Bentely, 1694. 8° (178 x 110mm). Portrait laid down. (Slight loss to border of portrait, repair to A3 with no text loss, light browning, heavier on last page, lacking final blank.) 19th-century calf (front cover detached, some scuffing and light staining, back hinge cracked). Provenance : Robert Browning (1812-1889, ink signature - but not thought to be the poet) - Robert W. and Adelaide B. (exlibris) Third edition of the second English translation of Agrippa's De Incertitudine et Vanitate Scientiarum published in Antwerp in 1530. The work was first translated into English in 1569, followed by this 17th-century translation in 1676, 1684, and 1694. Agrippa, a magician, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist to Charles the Fifth, Emperour of Germany, infused his work with Hermetic and Kabbalistic motifs. Wing A792
AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius, (1486?-1535). The Vanity of Arts and Sciences . London: printed by R. Everingham for R. Bentely, 1694. 8° (178 x 110mm). Portrait laid down. (Slight loss to border of portrait, repair to A3 with no text loss, light browning, heavier on last page, lacking final blank.) 19th-century calf (front cover detached, some scuffing and light staining, back hinge cracked). Provenance : Robert Browning (1812-1889, ink signature - but not thought to be the poet) - Robert W. and Adelaide B. (exlibris)
AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius, (1486?-1535). The Vanity of Arts and Sciences . London: printed by R. Everingham for R. Bentely, 1694. 8° (178 x 110mm). Portrait laid down. (Slight loss to border of portrait, repair to A3 with no text loss, light browning, heavier on last page, lacking final blank.) 19th-century calf (front cover detached, some scuffing and light staining, back hinge cracked). Provenance : Robert Browning (1812-1889, ink signature - but not thought to be the poet) - Robert W. and Adelaide B. (exlibris) Third edition of the second English translation of Agrippa's De Incertitudine et Vanitate Scientiarum published in Antwerp in 1530. The work was first translated into English in 1569, followed by this 17th-century translation in 1676, 1684, and 1694. Agrippa, a magician, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist to Charles the Fifth, Emperour of Germany, infused his work with Hermetic and Kabbalistic motifs. Wing A792
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