Magic.

containing incantations, conjurations, spells, remedies and charms, in apparently several hands, in brown ink, including magical diagrams, the Sator word square, esoteric and Christian symbols, signs of the zodiac, planetary signs, Judeo-Christian terminology ("JesAtonay...Tetragramatonxinri"), with some entries in pencil



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24 pages (156 x 90mm.), plus blanks, no place or date [c. first half of the eighteenth century], outer leaves laid down on card, modern binding, some worming

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A handbook of magic, including incantations, charms and remedies for nosebleeds, toothache, the prevention of witchcraft in the stable, for meeting with one's enemy, putting out fire, and for 'the worm' (the latter charm not entirely efficacious, to judge from the condition of the volume).