BOISSARD (Jean-Jacques). *De divinatione & magicis praes - Lot 35

BOISSARD (Jean-Jacques). *De divinatione & magicis praestigiis*. Oppenheim, Hieronimi Galleri, n.d. [circa 1615]. Folio, red calfskin, triple fillet, decorated spine, gilt head (modern binding in the 18th-century style). First edition, published posthumously, of this treatise on magic and divination by the antiquarian and Neo-Latin poet Jean-Jacques Boissard. The illustrations include an allegorical frontispiece title page set within a large portico, an engraved dedication to Johann Casimir (1543–1592), Count Palatine, with a coat of arms on the reverse, another allegorical engraving, and 58 engravings by Théodore de Bry, including portraits of the author and the engraver. (Caillet, no. 1348.) A small hole caused by a burn mark in the lower corner of the title page and the following leaf.

Estimate:£1,286.07

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