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Book/Printed MaterialDe Docta Ignorantia.
Opuscula theologica et mathematica | Prohemium, [I]n hoc volumine [con]tinentur certi tractatus & libri altissime [con]templat[i]onis et doctrine Title from caption, pt. 1, leaf a2. Imprint from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) Signatures, pt. 1: a⁸ b-r⁶ (last 2 leaves blank); pt. 2: a-f⁶ g-h⁸ i-z⁶ A⁶ B-C⁴ D⁶ E⁸ (last leaf blank). Hain-Copinger 5893 Goff N97 GW M26367 BM 15th cent., I, p. 157-158 (IB. 2265, IB. 2268; IB. 2266, IB. 2267) Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) in00095800 LC copy misbound:…- Contributor: Flach, Martin - Nicholas - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1489
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Book/Printed MaterialThe wonderful history of the celebrated Friar Bacon : who studies the magic art, and saves a gentleman from the Devil, to whom he had sold his soul and body : he …
History of Friar Bacon A chap book probably written towards the end of the 16th cent., on which Robert Greene may have based his play, The honorable history of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay. Cf. Little, A.G. Roger Bacon essays, 1914, p. 360-365. Edition statement from cover. LC copy has hand-colored ill. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Source: Gift of John…- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1829
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Book/Printed MaterialHier beghint een schone Hystorie va[n]de[n] wysen philosooph Sydrac, die op aertrijc was duysent iaer voer Gods geoert en heeft bescreue cccc.xxi questie ... die de Coninc Boctus die philosooph Sydrac vraechde Signatures: A-B⁴, C-I⁶, K⁴, L⁶, M⁴. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1138 LC copy: Provenance: Duc d'Arenberg.- Contributor: Arenberg, Prosper Louis - Sidrac - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Vorsterman, Willem
- Date: 1516
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Book/Printed MaterialLe cuer de philozophie Date of colophon, 5 March 1514, is according to old style. Comprises: Placides et Timeo (leaves i-lxxxviii) sometimes attributed to Jehan Bonnet; Le spere du ciel et du monde (leaves lxxxix-cxxv) apparently based on Sacro Bosco's Sphaera mundi; and L'ordonnement du compost et du kalendrier (leaves cxxvi-cxliiii) called a translation by Simon de Compiègne of Anianus' Compotus manualis, but in fact only loosely connected…- Contributor: Perrins, Charles William Dyson - Anianus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Simon - Sacro Bosco, Joannes De - La Garde, Jehan De - Bonnet, Jehan
- Date: 1515
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Book/Printed MaterialThe vanity of arts and sciences Signatures: pi1 A-2A⁸. Contains biographical sketch of the author. LC copy inscribed: Evan Phillips his book, bought and bound. Includes index. Wing (2nd ed.) A792 ESTC R10106 Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Formerly shelved under: 4 Rare Books…- Contributor: Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius - McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1694
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Book/Printed MaterialDe ciuilitate morum puerilium
De civilitate morum puerilium Signatures: A-D⁸ (D8 blank?; wanting in LC copy). LAC ecr 2018-10-11 update- Contributor: Longueil, Gilbert De - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Erasmus, Desiderius - Loe, Hendrik Van Der
- Date: 1578
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Book/Printed MaterialAure[a]e Epistol[a]e Ioannis Pici Mirandulae viri omnium mortalium doctissimi eloquentissimiq[ue] Signatures: A-E⁶. Imprint from colophon. "Ioannis Pici Maran. Deprecatoria ad Deum" (poem): p. [54-55]. "Epistolae duae Fratris Baptistae Mantuani ... ad Io. Franciscu[m] Picum Mira[m]. ... de morte Io. Pici eius patrui": p. [56-58]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 944 LAC ecr 2018-10-11 update- Contributor: Le Noir, Michel - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Baptista - Pico Della Mirandola, Giovanni
- Date: 1510
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Book/Printed MaterialSymbolic logic. Pt. 1: Elementary. No more published. LAC aaa 2018-08-13 LAC Review Completed 2018-08-15 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-23- Contributor: Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
- Date: 1896
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Book/Printed MaterialLogica memoratiua. Chartiludiu[m] logice,
Logica memorativa Signatures: A-B⁶, C⁸, D⁶, E⁴, F⁶, G⁸, H⁶, I⁴, K⁶, L⁸, M-N⁶ (N6 blank) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 612 Rosenwald Collection (1954 ed.) 440 LAC aaa 2018-08-15 LAC kcc 2018-09-18 review (1 card) LC Review of LAC Completed/Corrections Sent 2018-08-27- Contributor: Murner, Thomas - John XXI - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Grüninger, Johann
- Date: 1509
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Book/Printed MaterialClementis Timpleri Metaphysicae systema methodicum : libris quinque per theoremata et problemata selecta concinnatum : cui [propaideias heneka] in principio accessit eiusdem Technologia, hoc est, Tractatus generalis & vtilissimus de naturâ & … Signatures: )(⁸ A-2T⁸ 3A-3C⁸ 3D⁴ (-3D4). In Latin LAC aaa 2018-08-15 LAC Review Completed 2018-08-20 LAC kcc 2018-08-20 LC Review of LAC Completed/Not Approved 2018-08-26- Contributor: Timpler, Clemens - Goclenius, Rudolph - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1607
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Book/Printed MaterialWays that are dark : being an inside history of some of the acts and sayings of fraudulent materializers, mediums, pellet readers, slate writers, etc.
Inside history of some of the acts and sayings of fraudulent materializers, mediums, pellet readers, slate writers, etc "The publication of the following expose of spiritualist humbuggery was begun in the Boston investigator June 28, 1902. [signed] Thomas Kirwan": p. [2] of cover. Clippings of the article, mounted in a lined blank book; the foliation is in ms. Marked (in ms.) Volume I on cover. LC copy has the autograph of Houdini, with the following notation: Bot in Boston 1925. LAC iak…- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Kirwan, Thomas
- Date: 1902
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Book/Printed MaterialDie Traumdeutung Published in 1899. Cf. The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud, v. 4, 1953, p. xii. Bibliography: p. [372-374] Gift of the Baltimore-District of Columbia Society and Institute for Psychoanalysis. LAC iak 2018-10-05 update LAC kcc 2018-10-09 review (1 card)- Contributor: Sigmund Freud Collection (Library of Congress) - Freud, Sigmund
- Date: 1899
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Book/Printed MaterialLes révélations d'un magnétiseur : trucs ingénieux employés au théâtre pour obtenir les phénomènes de la transmission de pensée, du magnétisme et de l'hypnotisme With: Dods, John Bovee. Six lectures on the philosophy of mesmerism ..., 1853 -- Doyle, George S. Mysteries philosophically explained ..., 1843 -- Drexel, Darius D. Hypnotism made easy ..., 1905 -- Eldridge, Edward H. Hypnotism ..., [1900] -- Flower, Sydney Blanshard. Hypnotism up to date ..., 1898 -- Mesmerism true, mesmerism false ..., 1845 -- Kennedy Bros. Kennedy Bros.' hand book on mesmerism…- Contributor: Chautard, Émile - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Book/Printed MaterialSix lectures on the philosophy of mesmerism : delivered in the Marlboro' Chapel, Boston LC copy is extra-illustrated with a port. of Dods. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-10-29- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Dods, John Bovee
- Date: 1853
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Book/Printed MaterialMysteries philosophically explained : Newton's theory of attraction confuted, animal magnetism, the magnetic needle, and gravitation demonstrably accounted for upon philosophical principles Checklist Amer. imprints 43-1617 With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-10-29- Contributor: Doyle, George S. - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Whitney, S. Albert
- Date: 1843
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Book/Printed MaterialHypnotism made easy Cover title. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Drexel, Darius D. - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1905
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Book/Printed MaterialHypnotism : what it is, what it can do, how to use it : a full and complete course of instruction for entertainment and the scientific treatment of physical and mental diseases Cover title. Preface signed: Temple College, Philadelphia, January 10, 1900. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Eldridge, Edward H. (Edward Henry)
- Date: 1900
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Book/Printed MaterialHypnotism up to date "Preface to the second edition", dated Dec. 1896: p. [5]. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Flower, Sydney Blanshard - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1898
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Book/Printed MaterialMesmerism true, mesmerism false : a critical examination of the facts, claims, and pretensions of animal magnetism With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Forbes, John
- Date: 1845
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Book/Printed MaterialKennedy Bros.' handbook on mesmerism and hypnotism : comprising a large amount of valuable information to the unlearned in this mysterious art, describing its origin, benefits to be derived from it, rules …
Kennedy Bros.' hand book on mesmerism & hypnotism | Hand book on mesmerism and hypnotism "To the public" signed (p. 4): March 1883. LC copy has the autograph of H. Houdini. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1883
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Book/Printed MaterialHow to mesmerize Cover title. Preface signed (p. 3): 1887. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Waite, A. A. (Arthur A.) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1887
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Book/Printed MaterialThe loadstone [sic], mother of magnetism
Loadstone, mother of magnetism | Lodestone, mother of magnetism Cover title. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Wedderburn, A. J.
- Date: 1911
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Book/Printed MaterialHow to magnetize, or, Magnetism and clairvoyance : a practical treatise on the choice, management, and capabilities of subjects, with instructions on the method of procedures
How to magnetize | Magnetism and clairvoyance "Appendix. ... Animal magnetism as a therapeutic means, by W.L. Fleming": p. 81-104. LC copy imperfect: p. [9-10] razored out; stub present. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-10-29- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Wilson, James Victor
- Date: 1878
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Book/Printed MaterialMystic key that unlocks the door to the soul of man! : hypnotism, the world's greatest mystery! : the master science of the 20th century ...
Hypnotism, the golden key to the very soul of mankind | Hypnotism, the world's greatest mystery! Advertisement for a 25-lesson course and book. Cover title. With: Chautard, Émile. Les révélations d'un magnétiseur ..., 1904. Issued separately. LAC brd 2018-10-22 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-10-24 review- Contributor: Young, M. (Martin) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1900
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Book/Printed MaterialLetters on animal magnetism "The following letters originally appeared in the Polytechnic Review for February 1845 ...": t.p. verso. Notice to correspondents. LC copy is in a custom binding, perhaps made for the author. Blank leaves are bound in at end, upon which newpaper clippings (reviews) are mounted and 24 letters (3 are missing) are tipped in, mounted, sewn, or pinned. Also present is an index of the…- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Crumpe
- Date: 1845
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