Witchcraft & Sorcery.- Jaquier (Nicholas) Flagellum haereticorum fascinariorum..., Frankfurt am Main, 1581.

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Witchcraft & Sorcery.- Jaquier (Nicholas) Flagellum haereticorum fascinariorum..., woodcut device to title, woodcut printer's device to colophon, marginal worm trail P5-8, rear endpaper torn, a few nicks and some toning, some water-staining and scattered spotting, mostly marginal, hinges cracked and front endpaper & P8 working loose, contemporary limp vellum, lacking clasps, small worm trail to lower cover, upper joint starting to split, spine chipped with some loss to head, natural discoloration and chipping, [VD16 ZV 11342], 8vo, Frankfurt am Main, Nikolaus Basse, 1581. *** A critical text in the history of European witch-hunting literature, Nicholas Jacquier’s attack on a supposed sect of witches emerged amid growing concerns about witchcraft and contemporary interest in demonology, mysticism, and the supernatural. Rare in commerce and at auction.

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