Title: Three books of occult philosophy, written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, of Nettesheim, counseller to Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany: and judge of the Prerogative Court. Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F. Author: Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius Place: London Publisher: Printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule Date: 1651 [i.e. 1650] Description: [24 (of 28)], 583, [13] pp. With woodcut diagrams & occult figures. (4to) 7x5¼, modern cloth. First Edition in English. First edition in English of Agrippa's occult masterpiece, De occulta philosophia libri tres, written prior to 1510 but not published until 1533, two years before Agrippa's death. Lacking the frontispiece and a prelimiary leaf of verse, as well as the folding table. Also lacking are pp. 243-250, and the last two leaves of the index, but these are supplied in fine manuscript facsimile in an early hand. Occasional ink marginalia of the period. Lot Amendments Condition: Rebacked rather crudely in black cloth; some soiling/darkening to contents, two prelim. leaves stained with neat repairs, contents trimmed a bit, good condition, quite scarce. Item number: 199617
Title: Three books of occult philosophy, written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, of Nettesheim, counseller to Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany: and judge of the Prerogative Court. Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F. Author: Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius Place: London Publisher: Printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule Date: 1651 [i.e. 1650] Description: [24 (of 28)], 583, [13] pp. With woodcut diagrams & occult figures. (4to) 7x5¼, modern cloth. First Edition in English. First edition in English of Agrippa's occult masterpiece, De occulta philosophia libri tres, written prior to 1510 but not published until 1533, two years before Agrippa's death. Lacking the frontispiece and a prelimiary leaf of verse, as well as the folding table. Also lacking are pp. 243-250, and the last two leaves of the index, but these are supplied in fine manuscript facsimile in an early hand. Occasional ink marginalia of the period. Lot Amendments Condition: Rebacked rather crudely in black cloth; some soiling/darkening to contents, two prelim. leaves stained with neat repairs, contents trimmed a bit, good condition, quite scarce. Item number: 199617
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