MANUALE EXORCISMORUM
Antuerpiae: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarem Moretum, & viduam Ioannis Moreti, & Io. Meursium, 1626. Octavo, [46 blank], [16], 314, [2], 49-64, [92 blank] pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in 17th century elaborate gilt calf. Marbled pastedowns, both front and rear endpaper missing. All edges gilt. Some light general shelfwear. *8, A-T8, V6, D8. Recto of last blank leaf with Latin/French notes, verso with separate small note. Title in red and black with printer's woodcut device. Title page with three small strips excised, leaf entirely backed. Small tide-mark from pages 7-18.
With extract of 8 leaves bound in from a separate work. Beneath the printer's device on the last leaf of the first work is a manuscript note: "Le caier suivant est tiré du Manuel de L'Archevesche de sens, d'lan, 1625.", probably referring to the excerpt beginning on the facing page. The extract begins with "Exorcismus Super Coniugatis", or Exorcism over Married Couples.
Shelved case 3.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $4,000
NOTES
USTC: 1007843. USTC notes only two copies in the US. Caillet: 3746 "Manuel d’exorcismes rare"
A collection of two instructional works on conducting exorcisms, probably intended as a practical manual with the addition of the 69 blank leaves added.
Manual of Exorcisms: containing instructions and exorcisms for casting out evil spirits from possessed bodies, for warding off any acts of sorcery, and for suppressing any infestations by demons. It includes sections on love potions, spiritual remedies against the plague, and incubi and succubi.
The Archdiocese of Sens was founded either in the first or fourth century CE and lasted through to 1790, when it was suppressed. Since 1823 it has operated as the Archdiocese of Sens (-Auxerre). Sens originally contained Auxerre, Chartres, Meaux, Nevers, Orléans, Paris, and Troyes until 1622, when the sees of Paris, Chartres, Meaux, and Orléans were detached in order to form the new Archdiocese of Paris.