Hauber, Eberhard David | Magic and the occult, among other things

Hauber, Eberhard David

Bibliotheca, acta et scripta magica: Nachrichten, Auszüge u. Urtheile von solchen Büchern u. Handlungen, welche d. Macht d. Teufels in leibl. Dingen betreffen. Lemgo: Joh. Heinrich Meyer, 1739–45 

36 parts in 3 volumes, 8vo (172 x 101 mm). First title-page in each volume printed in red and black roman and fraktur type, text in fraktur, indices in roman and italic, half-title only in vol. 2 (parts 13–24), 36 engraved frontispieces (of which 5 folding, and 3 double) and one additional folding plate; occasional light text browning most prevalent in vol. 3, some worm trails in parts 17–18 with a few touching text and footnotes, long tear to folding plate in part 21. Calf-backed marbled boards to style, edges sprinkled red.

Many of the frontispieces are portraits of famous occultists, alchemists, astrologers, and magicians, such as Faustus, Paracelsus, Agrippa, and Buchinger. Part 1 is a second edition.

PROVENANCE:

The Earls of Crawford (armorial ticket of Bibliotheca Lindesiana in vol. 3 only)