Three books of occult philosophy / written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim ; translated out of the Latin into the English tongue by J.F.
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Uniform Title: | Occulta philosophia. English |
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Other Authors: | , |
Language: | English |
Language of the Original: |
Latin |
Published: |
London :
Printed by R.W. for Gregory Moule, 1651
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Ownership and Custodial History: |
Inscription on leaf a2v: "John Higgs = Cost 9s-6d, bought in ye year 1659" (crossed out); English equivalents of Greek letters noted in text on leaf Q3v in an early hand (some incorrect); the same, with the Hebrew alphabet, on leaf 2F5v; "Edward Swallow" inscribed in an early hand on leaf D7r; inscription on leaf 2C1v: "Edward Swallow is my name and England is my nation and Hamm is my Habitation"; inscription in an early hand (Swallow's?) on leaf E3v: "This Book Cost me ten shillings & six pence"; marginal notes in an early hand (Swallow's?) in numerous locations throughout; inscription on leaf a2v calculating age of this book in 1730; another inscription, in pencil, on leaf a2v, calculating age of this book in 1843 (?); inscription in pencil (19th-century?) on leaf E3v: "Worth in 1878 Three Guineas"; "J. F." in title expanded to "J. Freake" in manuscript (19th-century hand?); underlinings, textual markings, and marginal markings in several locations throughout, both in ink and pencil. |
Local Note: |
MSU: Conserved at the Wallace Conservation Laboratory, Michigan State University Libraries, 2020.
MSU: Library copy lacks leaf pi1 (print-out of leaf pi1v from Warburg Institute copy available in MSS 466, Box 6, Folder 77; leaf pi1r blank).
MSU: Some signatures bound out of sequence, thus: a2 pi2 a1 (b)² A-I⁸ K⁸ L-2P⁸ 2Q².
MSU: Folded leaf bound in between leaves M1v and M2r. |
Binding Information: |
In modern sympathetic calf; boards and spine tooled in blind; four raised bands on spine; earlier binding, removed during conservation in 2020, stored in box with item: full contemporary calf, rebacked with (20th-century?) calf; boards and spine tooled in blind; spine lettered in gilt; evidence of marbled paste-downs under modern paste-downs. |
Physical Description: | 28 unnumbered pages, 583 pages, 13 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (woodcuts), portrait (engraving), tables ; 18 cm (quarto) Digitized version available on MSU Libraries Digital & Multimedia Center web site. |
Format: | Book |
Note: | English short title catalogue: "A translation, probably by John French, of: De occulta philosophia."; NUC pre-1956, 5:306 notes John French or John Freake. English short title catalogue: "Annotation on Thomason copy: "Novemb: 24", publication date corrected in MS. to read "1650"." First leaf bears engraved portrait of the author. Title within double-ruled border. Signatures: pi² a² (b)² A-I⁸ K⁸(±K3) L-2P⁸ 2Q². Woodcut head-pieces and initials; typographical head-pieces. Errata on leaf A8v. |
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Call Number: | BF1598.A3 D413 1651 XX |
References: |
English short title catalogue, R11002
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), A789
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.617[1] |
Additional Physical Form: |
Digitized version available on MSU Libraries Digital & Multimedia Center web site. |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |