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Enchiridion Leonis Papae Serenissimo imperatori Carolo Magno
Rome (but Paris), Imprimé chez Jules Bonaventure, quai des Grands-Augustins 55, 1740 but (probably 1850). In-12. Hardcover. In-12. Colation complete: 108 pp. Edition corrigee. 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. Title page coloured, 7 full page coloured plates. Bright and clean inside. Rare Very rare grimoire, one of the most important books on ceremonial magic. This edition is of great value, although it appeared after 1740. Less common than Blocquel edition. Eliphas Levi in his History of Magic says the date of this edition with certainty is difficult, Yves-Plessis considers it around 1850. Most modern editions are based on more or less counterfeit versions of this grimoire. Very curious manual of magic includes, among other subjects, mysterious prayers to ward off and cure all kinds of illnesses, against charms, bewitchments, evil impediments to marriage, possessions, and everything that can happen through the evil spells of sorcerers. Bibliography: Caillet, 3620, Yves- Plessis, 1064, Dorbon, 1493.
