1693 WITCHES Agrippa Occult Demons Magic Witchcraft Incertitudine Science RARE



An incredibly rare 1693 printing of Henri Cornelius Agrippae. Agrippa was an early 16th-century scholar who specialized in occult writings. Many of his works dealt with dark magic and the practice of occult arts; however, it is known that he argued against the persecution of witches. One of his most important works was “Incertitudine” or “Declamation of Arts and Sciences” which was a satirical account of the disappointing state of science during the 1520s. It was an important contributor to skepticism and philosophers such as Montaigne, Descartes, and Goethe. According to Jones, this book is

“one of the great classics of skeptical literature.”



“Incertitudine” covers a wide variety of occult topics including alchemy, astronomy, theurgy, magic rituals, summoning gods, discovering one’s psyche, mysticism and the cabala, Abraxas stones and charms, general magic and natural magic, dreams and dream interpreting, dangers of witchcraft, phantasms, and miracles, and much more. Agrippa’s aim with this work was

“to propose a cultural alternative, delineating a different philosophical approach, capable of forming a new intellectual élite, who would be seriously interested in the moral and religious progress of human community.” (SEP)



Item number: #14382

Price: $750



AGRIPPAE, Henri Cornelius



Henrici Cornelii Agrippæ ab Nettesheym De incertitudine & vanitate omnium scientiarum & artium liber lectu plane jucundus & elegans : cum adjecto indice capitum : accedunt duo ejusdem auctoris libelli ...



Francofurti & Lipsiæ : Frankfurt am Main ; Leipzig : Sumptibus Joh. Adami Pleneri, 1693.



Details:

Collation:

[22], 658

References: Jones, Anthology of Ceremonial & Transcendental Occult Magic; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ‘Agrippa’; Whitford, Curse of Ham in the Early Modern Era

Language: Latin

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13cm x 8cm)



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