Demonology - Esotericism - Lot 29

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Demonology - Esotericism - Lot 29
Demonology - Esotericism BODIN (Jean) On the Demonomania of Witches. Paris, du Puys, 1581. In-4 (page numbers by folios). Numerous passages underlined in black ink. Old handwritten bookplate with erasures. Soft, aged honey-colored vellum, cover slightly worn. Second edition of this seminal work on witchcraft. The author, a French jurist, “believes in pacts made with demons, the evocation of the dead, and carnal intercourse with demons.” He advocates torture, followed by execution by burning at the stake. The work concludes with a Refutation of the Opinions of Jean Wier, a physician who regarded witches as the sick (Dorbon 387) (Caillet 1269).
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