Bodin, Jean
£600
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
De magorum daemonomania, seu detestando lamiarum ac magorum cum Satana commercio... accessit eiusdem opinionum Ioannis Wiere confutatio. Frankfurt: Nicolai Bassaei, 1590, 8vo, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, contemporary vellum, slightly damp-stained
Footnote
Note: First published in Paris in 1580. Bodin's view of witchcraft was diametrically opposed to that of Johann Weyer, who ascribed its casues to mental illness. Bodin considered witchcraft punishable by law. Cf. Caillet 1274 (1603 edition); Adams B2221
Provenance: Jesuit library, name erased from title.