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Author Del Rio, Martin Antoine, 1551-1608, author.

Title Investigations into magic. volume 1 : an edition and translation of Martín del Río's Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex / by Peter Maxwell-Stuart, José Manuel García Valverde
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 444 pages)
Series Heterodoxia Iberica ; volume 6.1
Heterodoxia iberica ; v. 6.
Contents Introduction -- Note on the Latin Text -- Defence or Apologia -- Book 1: On Magic in General, and on Natural Magic and Artificial Magic in Particular -- 1 Superstition and Its [various] types -- 2 Magic, Its Types and the Different Words for 'Magician' -- 3 Natural Magic, or the Magic Which Relates to the Created Universe -- 4 Instrumental Magic -- 5 To Which Type of Magic Should One Assign the Technique of Making Gold, Known as 'Alchemy'? -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Martin Del Rio (1551-1608) was a remarkably learned Jesuit scholar. His prolific output includes six volumes of Investigations into Magic which sought to be the last word on magic, witchcraft, and allied subjects such as divination and superstition, and a detailed manual of advice for judges and confessors engaged in combatting what was seen at the time as a dangerous threat to the spiritual life of humanity in this world and the next. First published in 1599-1600, Investigations was heralded as a major contribution to the armoury of the Counter-Reformation, and went through several editions, the last appearing in 1747."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in Latin with English translation
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Subject Magic -- Early works to 1800
Magic
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Maxwell-Stuart, P. G., editor, translator, writer of supplementary textual content.
García Valverde, José Manuel, editor, translator.
Container of (expression): Del Rio, Martin Antoine, 1551-1608. Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. Latin (Maxwell-Stuart and García Valverde)
Container of (expression): Del Rio, Martin Antoine, 1551-1608. Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. English (Maxwell-Stuart and García Valverde)
LC no. 2022021611
ISBN 9789004441538
9004441530
Other Titles Edition and translation of Martin del Río's Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex
Martin del Río's Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex