SOREL - Lot 199

Lot 199
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SOREL - Lot 199
SOREL SOREL (Charles). Des talismans, ou Figures faites sous certaines constellations, pour chasser les bees nuisibles, détourner les orages, guerir les maladies, & accomplir d'autres effets merveilleux le tout tiré de la seconde partie de la Science des choses corporelles, par le sieur de l'Isle. In Paris, by A. de Sommaville, 1636. In-8, [4] f., 417 p., [1] f., period soft parchment, smooth spine, title in ink (binding unbound, very light spotting on the 2nd half of the volume, ink stain not interfering with the reading p.379-80). "Very rare and most curious work containing an infinite number of recipes and magic formulas for the making of talismans, and mysterious secrets for the cure of diseases. "(according to Caillet I, 2944). The second part is entitled: "Observations against the book of the Curiositez inouyes of Mr. I. Gaffarel on the talismanic sculpture". Old signatures on the title.
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