Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
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Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva
De frigidis et maleficiatis tractatus doctissimus, in septem quaestiones divisus, nunquam hactenus in lucem emissus. Tournon: Claude Michel, 1607
folio (276 x 194mm.), 8 leaves, woodcut printer's device on title-page, modern leather, cut somewhat close
A legal tract on the consequences of impotence for the legality of marriage, and whether it could be caused through the work of the devil rather than biologically.
LITERATURE
USTC 6810793 (recording this as a lost book, though there are 4 copies listed by CCPB)