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Book/Printed Material Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi de divinatione & magicis praestigiis,

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Title

  • Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi de divinatione & magicis praestigiis,

Names

  • Boissard, Jean Jacques, 1528-1602.
  • Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623, engraver.
  • Galler, Hieronymus, printer.
  • Newbattle Abbey Library, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Oppenheimii, Typis Hieronymi Galleri [ca. 1615].

Headings

  • -  Occultism--Early works to 1800
  • -  Oracles--Early works to 1800
  • -  Divination--Early works to 1800
  • -  Magic--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Oppenheim

Notes

  • -  Includes engraved self-portrait of De Bry dated 1615.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1311
  • -  LAC scc 2018-09-06
  • -  LAC Review Completed 2018-09-07

Medium

  • [27], 358 (i.e. 348), [11] p. illus., coat of arms, ports. 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BF1750 .B6
  • BF1750 .B6 Copy 2 Printed without 4 of the engravings: the coat of arms on verso of 2d prelim. leaf, the headpiece over the dedication, the illus. on p. 190, and the "Cumae Sibylla" on p. 221 (a duplicate of the "Cumana Sibylla" is wrongly printed in place of the last). Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Ancram (front paste-down) Book label with shelf mark: Newbattle Abbey (front paste-down).

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11014016

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Boissard, Jean Jacques, Johann Theodor De Bry, Hieronymus Galler, Former Owner Newbattle Abbey Library, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi de divinatione & magicis praestigiis. [Oppenheimii, Typis Hieronymi Galleri, 1615] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11014016/.

APA citation style:

Boissard, J. J., Bry, J. T. D., Galler, H., Newbattle Abbey Library, F. O. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1615) Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi de divinatione & magicis praestigiis. [Oppenheimii, Typis Hieronymi Galleri] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11014016/.

MLA citation style:

Boissard, Jean Jacques, et al. Tractatus posthumus Jani Jacobi Boissardi de divinatione & magicis praestigiis. [Oppenheimii, Typis Hieronymi Galleri, 1615] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/11014016/>.