Malleus maleficarum, in tres diuisus partes : in quibus concurrentia ad maleficia, maleficiorum effectus, remedia aduersus maleficia, et modus procedendi, ac puniendi maleficos abundè continentur, praecipuè autem omnibus inquisitoribus, & diuini uerbi concionatoribus utilis, ac necessarius /
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| Language: | Latin |
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Venetiis :
Apud Io. Antonium Bertanum,
1574.
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| Edition: | Hac postrema editione / |
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| Item Description: | By Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger. Signatures: a-d⁸ A-2I⁸. Device on title page, repeated on leaf 2I8r (motto: Pietas homini tutissima virtus); initials. Errata: leaf 2I7r. Errors in pagination: 433-503 misnumbered 435-505. Includes index. "The notorious "Hammer of Witches" laid down procedures for discovering and convicting witches and contributed significantly to the early modern witch craze. This edition includes Sprenger's "Apologia autoris" and the original bull, granted by Pope Innocent VIII, affirming the powers of Institor and Sprenger as inquisitors. The text was edited by Raffaele Maffei (1507-1577). The primary purposes of the Malleus Maleficarum were to explain the phenomenon of witchcraft (paying special attention to the nature of witches' sorceries and powers, and the exact nature of the evil that they inflict upon the world); to attempt a systematic refutation of arguments claiming that witchcraft does not exist, to discredit those who expressed skepticism about its reality, to claim that witches were more often women than men, and to educate magistrates on procedures for prosecuting, torturing, convicting, and executing witches."--Condensed from vendor's description. "EDIT 16 CNCE 58430; Adams S1614; Coumont, Demonology and Witchcraft : an annotated bibliography : with related works on magic, medicine, superstition, &c., I4.18"--Vendor's description. A wonderful copy in contemporary vellum with only minor stains and a few instances of underscoring. Complete with the final leaf with Bertano's stork device. All 16th c. editions are octavos and all are exceedingly rare; only 3 copies of this edition in U.S.: Cal State Sutro, UC Berkeley, Harvard.--Condensed from vendor's description. The Cushing Library/Science Fiction collection copy contains sleeve ephemera: vendor's description. This book is also pertinent to the Cushiing Library/Women and Gender Studies colleciton. |
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| Physical Description: | 64 unnumbered pages, 505, that is, 503 pages, 9 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm (octavo) |
| Place of Publication: | Italy -- Venice. |