Verhandelingh der toover-sieckten: Geschil van de schoot- en steeck-vrije. Geschil van de wapen-salve. Paracelsi vrye-konst. Wt verscheyde Latijnsche boecken D. Sennerti vertaelt en by een geschickt.

8vo: [30]-343-[9] pp.

Cont. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

First edition of the Dutch transl. of this important popular work on sorcery and witchcraft, potions and the powers of the imagination on one's well being, by the Wittenberg medical professor Daniel Sennert (1572-1637), a sceptical believer in occultism. The translator D. Jonctys (1600-1654) was a Dordrecht physician and poet, writing against popular beliefs in occult forces. Engr. title (loosening) with ms. ownership entry “Van Lierde”. Ms. ownership entry “Otto Dingmans 1654”. Libr. label (partly torn out). Ref. Krivatsy 10957. - Waller 8867. - STCN (i.a. BL). - NUC. - Not in Bn-Opale plus.