| Annotation | Portrait of Cornelius Agrippa on title page. Place of publication and printer taken from VD 16. Publication year taken from colophon. Includes some Hebrew text, tables with Hebrew letters, and illustrations of angelic scripts, Theban alphabet, and several other magical alphabets. Book 1 was first printed by itself in Antwerp by Johannes Grapheus in 1531, and simultaneously in Paris by Chrestien Wechel. The three books were first printed in 1533 by Johannes Soter in Cologne. There are 4 or five issues of this date, distinguished by typographical differences. Signatures: aa⁶ a-q⁶ r⁸ s-z⁶ A-G⁶ (G6 is blank). With woodcut illustrated initials and printed marginal notes. Also on title page: "Cum gratia & priuilegio Caesareae Maiestatis ad trienniun." Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), Osler, W. Bibliotheca Osleriana, Caillet, A.L. Manuel bibliographique des sciences psychiques ou occultes, Young, J. Bibliotheca chemica, ZV 269 1746 93 I, p. 12 "The three books deal with elemental, celestial and intellectual magic. The books outline the four elements, astrology, Kabbalah, numerology, angels, names of God, the virtues and relationships with each other as well as methods of utilizing these relationships and laws in medicine, scrying, alchemy, ceremonial magic, origins of what are from the Hebrew, Greek and Chaldean context."-- English Wikipedia | Translate |
