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an old book with a picture of a man and woman on itan old book is open on a white surface
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Alchemy Zimara, Marco Antonio The Art of Magical Medicine. Containing a wholly new and exceedingly rich treasure trove of various magical and natural secrets, but in particular concerning sigils … All of which have the power to cure and heal every ailment of the human body. In addition to this, there is also I. A clear guide to various rare chemical remedies, translated from Latin into German. II. A special little treatise … III. Instructions on metals … Together with a special manual on how to construct a perpetuum mobile, or a perpetually moving device, without the aid of water or weight. With an engraved title page. Frankfurt, Zieger, 1685. 3 leaves, 636 pp., 8 leaves of contemporary paper with handwritten title. First German edition of the ‘Antrum magico-medicum’ (Latin first edition 1625). - Ferchl 596. - Caillet 11591. - Ferguson II, 566. - Remedies for healing the ailments of the human body are described in detail. - Bound together with: Eberhard Gocke, *Tractatus Polyhistoricus Magico-Medicus Curiosus*, or A brief account, interspersed with many marvellous stories, of bewitchment and enchantment, as well as the illnesses and magical harm arising therefrom … Frankfurt and Leipzig, Lorenz Kroniger and Gottlieb Göbel, 1699. 4 leaves, 182 pp. – VD17 3:313503E – Graesse p. 42 – Hayn-Gotendorf III, 198: “Rare!” – Including, amongst other things: Whether there are sorcerers, witches and demons? - How and in what forms sorcerers, witches and demons inflict harm upon people and livestock - Against magical love and love potions - What punishment do sorcerers and witches deserve? etc. - Copperplate title page with a neatly backed outer margin; the title in the top right-hand corner has a corner cut-out and is trimmed in the bottom margin (publisher and year); partly browned; one index leaf with a small tear in the paper; the bound title page with rare markings; overall a good copy.
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