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1461 - Alchemy – Witchcraft
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Estimate €500 - €750
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Alchemy – Witchcraft Wecker, Johannes Jacob De Secretis. Libri XVII. With some 70 illustrations in the text. Basel, Ex Officina Pernea (Konrad von Waldkirch), 1592. 4 leaves, 902 pp., 16 leaves. Small 8°. Contemporary paper binding with Spanish edges, fillets and handwritten title page (fastenings missing, heavily stained, rubbed and bumped, paper binding partly brittle). VD16 W 1376 – With several handwritten ownership notes on the title page and the half-title page, including one by Johannes Henricus Patrick dated 1627. – With the stamp of the Progymnase R.G.D. Echternach. - The first edition of *The Book of Secrets* by the Swiss physician and philosopher Johannes Jacob Wecker was published in 1582. It deals with alchemy, astrology, demons, angels and magic. Wecker was married to the poet and cookbook author Anna Wecker. - The book was printed by Konrad von Waldkirch, the son-in-law of the Italian printer Pietro Perna. - Water-stained, more severely so at the lower edge. Spotted and edges browned. Some handwritten notes. Overall in good condition; text legible throughout. Alchemy. – Witchcraft. – With approximately 70 illustrations in the text. Contemporary vellum with overlapping edges, cover fillets, and handwritten title on the spine (clasps missing, binding heavily stained, rubbed and bumped, vellum brittle in places). - With several handwritten ownership inscriptions on the title page and endpaper, including that of Johannes Henricus Patrick (1627). - With the stamp of the Progymnasium R.G.D. Echternach. - The first edition of this ‘Book of Secrets’ by the Swiss physician and philosopher Johannes Jacob Wecker was published in 1582. It deals with alchemy, astrology, demons, angels and magic. Wecker was married to the poet and cookbook author Anna Wecker. - The book was printed by Konrad von Waldkirch, the son-in-law of the Italian printer Pietro Perna. - Water-stained, particularly along the bottom edge. Stained; edges browned. Occasional handwritten annotations. Overall in good condition; the text remains legible throughout.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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