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LIVRE A L’ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9782850901539
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Rome but Lille, Imprimerie de Blocquel, 1744 but probably 1830. Hardcover. In 12. Colation complete: 112 pp. and avertissement pp. Quarter leather binding, brown leather backstrip over marbled paper boards. Gilt titling on leather spine label, raised bands, gilt rules and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Frontispiece, full page plates, sigils and devices in text. Bright and clean inside. Rare 1744 edition of French Grimoire refers to an edition of Henri Corneille Agrippa famous grimoire, translated into French by Pierre d Aban, which includes occult secrets such as the ritual of the Queen of the Hairy Flies. Although dated 1744, the edition may be fanciful. Probably early XIX c. edition. This type of Bibliotheque Blue publication, although sometimes fanciful in its dating, was common at the time and refers to writings already circulating on occult and alchemical practices. Bibliography: Caillet, 97, Y. Plessis, 34.