Compendium maleficarum : in tres libros distinctum / ex pluribus autoribus per Fratrem Franciscum Mariam Guaccium Ordinis S. Ambrosij ad Nemus collectum, & pluribus figuris, ac imaginibus perornatum ; ex quo nefandissima, & execranda in genus humanum opera venefica, ac ad illa euitanda diuina remedia conficiunter.

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Title: Compendium maleficarum : in tres libros distinctum / ex pluribus autoribus per Fratrem Franciscum Mariam Guaccium Ordinis S. Ambrosij ad Nemus collectum, & pluribus figuris, ac imaginibus perornatum ; ex quo nefandissima, & execranda in genus humanum opera venefica, ac ad illa euitanda diuina remedia conficiunter.
Alternative Title: Compendivm maleficarvm
Creator: Guazzo, Francesco Maria.
Published / Created: 1608
Publication Place: Mediolani :
Publisher: Apud haredes August. Tradati,
Description: Ill. are woodcuts, comprising 22 half-page cuts of demons in books 1-2 (7 repeated once and 2 twice: 33 total); 2 half-page and 8 smaller cuts of sacraments, etc., within type-flower borders in book 3; publisher's device on t. p. and dedicatee's coat-of-arms on verso; floriated initials.
Imperfect: Quire P (p. 225-240 wanting).
Imprint from colophon: Medolani, apud Bernardinum Lantonum, M. DC. VIII.
Includes index.
Signatures: a⁸ A-P⁸ Q⁴(-Q4).
Extent: [16], 245, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 1997 838

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Woodcuts
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Topic): Demonology--Early works to 1800.
Exorcism--Early works to 1800.
Occultism--Early works to 1800.
Wood-engraving, Italian--Specimens--17th century.

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 4104110
Object ID (OID): 16188236