Chiromancy (2 résultats)

Franckfurt und Leipzig, P.W. Stock, 1713. - Witbound: Schalitz, Christian. Die Von Aberglauben, Vanitæten und Teuscherey gereinigte Chiromantia und Physiognomia. Leipzig, Wilh. Stocken, 1716. Small 8vo. Bound in cont. blue boards. - Praetorius: Title in red/black. (14),128 pp. and 9 folded woodcut-plates ( one plate defective loosing a third from lower left corner, repaired, one plate loose, some tears), woodcuts in the text. - Schalitz: Engraved portrait as frontispiece. 61 pp. and 5 large folded engraved plates. Some browning to leaves and light staining to plates. Plates showing traces of use. Two scarce works on Chiromantcs in German. Praetorius' work (from 1661 in latin) was abandoned by the Catholic Church and put on Index.…

Franckfurt am Main, Georg Heinrich Oehrling, 1701. Old modest hcalf. Handwritten titlelabel on spine. Light wear to spine. Engraved frontispiece-portrait, engraved title-page (and printed in red/black). (12),208 pp., 24 engraved plates. Frontispiece and engraved title a bit shaved at bottom. First 2 leaves a bit frayed (no loss of text). Light occassional browning and light traces of use. Scarce third edition (the first 1692) of this manual in chiromancy.…