Live auction - Lot 916
[Witch trials]
Geschiedenis der heksenprocessen, eene bijdrage tot den roem des vaderlands.
Haarlem, V. Loosjes, 1828
€ 80 / 100
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Lot description
8vo: [4]-xvi-312-101-[5] pp. (some minor spotting).
Mod. black imitation leather, gilt-titled spine. Very good copy.
First edition of this important study on the period of witch-hunts (1450-1750) in Europe and the Low Countries. Engr. title with portr. of J. Wier, the 16th-c. Dutch physician who was among the first to protest against the persecutions.
Prov. Ms. entry on front pastedown.