1670, ISBN: d668e46c113b07e628f8e487d6baaf91

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 17.53], RARE EDITION – INTERESTING PROVENANCE 8vo. 304 unnumbered ll., a-z8 A-P8 + 19 added blanks. Gothic letter. Woodcut printer’s device to title, decora… mais…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 17.53], RARE EDITION – INTERESTING PROVENANCE 8vo. 304 unnumbered ll., a-z8 A-P8 + 19 added blanks. Gothic letter. Woodcut printer’s device to title, decorated initials. Title and a8 trimmed at blank foot, slight browning, few minor marginal repairs to last gathering and the odd fore-edge. A good copy in modern vellum antique, original eps preserved (minor repairs). Ms autographs ‘Boetij Junte et Amicorum non olim 1580 Romae’, ‘A.E.T. Archangelus Episcopus Theanen[ensis] Petrus Carolus Theanen[ensis]’ and ‘Jacobi Massi Sacerdotis Granarie 1670’ and sketch of episcopal mitra to title, ms notes to eps in Junta’s hand (incl. acquisition note) and 19 added blanks with ms index of contents in Giunta and Bianchi’s hands. A good, very interesting copy of a scarce Parisian edition of this notorious milestone of canon law and the history of witchcraft, with ownership and ms annotations spanning 150 years. Heinrich Kramer (1430-1505) was a German Dominican inquisitor. (That he co-authored the ‘Malleus’ with the inquisitor Jacob Sprenger is debated.) His ‘Hammer of Witches’ - the first printed manual for witchcraft prosecutors - was first published in 1487. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII’s bull ‘Summis desiderantes' officially acknowledged the existence of witches and entrusted their prosecution to inquisitors. The ‘Malleus’ quickly became the standard work of reference, for over a century. Its intense use is the reason for its scarcity in all early printed eds. The very interesting late C16 provenance of this copy is traced to Boezio Giunta, a cleric from Senigallia and ecclesiastical official in Rome. He is quoted in the Life of St Philip Neri as having been confessed and relieved of his spiritual worries by the saint, in a church established around the time this ex-libris is dated (1580); Giunta was also involved in the trials of S. Filippo Neri in the 1590s. Giunta was one of the two officials who arrested and questioned Beatrice Cenci (1577-99), when she was famously accused of murdering her father. He wrote extensive marginalia on the old eps, here preserved. Previously it had belonged to Arcangelo Bianchi, bishop of Teano (1566-75), Commissary of the Roman Inquisition and Prefect of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, who died in 1580, when Giunta acquired this copy from his heirs (as per acquisition note). In 1670, it was in the library of Giacomo Massi, cleric at Monte Granaro, and author of a treatise on Gnomology. As typical of medieval canon law texts, ‘Malleus’ is subdivided into questions and answers. It begins with an examination of the nature of harmful magic and examines how to determine whether evil spirits (demones) are involved in these acts , why such acts are allowed by God and how they can be harmful to people. Special interest is devoted to whether demons can procreate with humans or hinder human procreation and how they can transform. A section of Part II is devoted to remedies against demons and their previously-listed evil acts with several methods, including exorcism. Part III examines the figure of the inquisitor: who is best suitable to do to the work, how the trials should be conducted, how to handle an arrest for witchcraft, whether the accusers’ names should be revealed, torture methods, pronouncing sentences, and confessions. Witches encompassed women as well as men, though the former appear in greater numbers as they were involved more frequently in folk medicine and were deemed to be naturally more superstitious. What was sorely missing in this ed. was a thorough index, here provided by Cardinal Bianchi and Boezio Giunta, who were careful readers. The present undated ed. was most likely printed c.1523. Apparently no copies recorded in the US. USTC 184331; Pettegree 86863; Moreau III, 524., Books<

1670, ISBN: d668e46c113b07e628f8e487d6baaf91

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 17.49], RARE EDITION – INTERESTING PROVENANCE 8vo. 304 unnumbered ll., a-z8 A-P8 + 19 added blanks. Gothic letter. Woodcut printer’s device to title, decora… mais…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 17.49], RARE EDITION – INTERESTING PROVENANCE 8vo. 304 unnumbered ll., a-z8 A-P8 + 19 added blanks. Gothic letter. Woodcut printer’s device to title, decorated initials. Title and a8 trimmed at blank foot, slight browning, few minor marginal repairs to last gathering and the odd fore-edge. A good copy in modern vellum antique, original eps preserved (minor repairs). Ms autographs ‘Boetij Junte et Amicorum non olim 1580 Romae’, ‘A.E.T. Archangelus Episcopus Theanen[ensis] Petrus Carolus Theanen[ensis]’ and ‘Jacobi Massi Sacerdotis Granarie 1670’ and sketch of episcopal mitra to title, ms notes to eps in Junta’s hand (incl. acquisition note) and 19 added blanks with ms index of contents in Giunta and Bianchi’s hands. A good, very interesting copy of a scarce Parisian edition of this notorious milestone of canon law and the history of witchcraft, with ownership and ms annotations spanning 150 years. Heinrich Kramer (1430-1505) was a German Dominican inquisitor. (That he co-authored the ‘Malleus’ with the inquisitor Jacob Sprenger is debated.) His ‘Hammer of Witches’ - the first printed manual for witchcraft prosecutors - was first published in 1487. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII’s bull ‘Summis desiderantes' officially acknowledged the existence of witches and entrusted their prosecution to inquisitors. The ‘Malleus’ quickly became the standard work of reference, for over a century. Its intense use is the reason for its scarcity in all early printed eds. The very interesting late C16 provenance of this copy is traced to Boezio Giunta, a cleric from Senigallia and ecclesiastical official in Rome. He is quoted in the Life of St Philip Neri as having been confessed and relieved of his spiritual worries by the saint, in a church established around the time this ex-libris is dated (1580); Giunta was also involved in the trials of S. Filippo Neri in the 1590s. Giunta was one of the two officials who arrested and questioned Beatrice Cenci (1577-99), when she was famously accused of murdering her father. He wrote extensive marginalia on the old eps, here preserved. Previously it had belonged to Arcangelo Bianchi, bishop of Teano (1566-75), Commissary of the Roman Inquisition and Prefect of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, who died in 1580, when Giunta acquired this copy from his heirs (as per acquisition note). In 1670, it was in the library of Giacomo Massi, cleric at Monte Granaro, and author of a treatise on Gnomology. As typical of medieval canon law texts, ‘Malleus’ is subdivided into questions and answers. It begins with an examination of the nature of harmful magic and examines how to determine whether evil spirits (demones) are involved in these acts , why such acts are allowed by God and how they can be harmful to people. Special interest is devoted to whether demons can procreate with humans or hinder human procreation and how they can transform. A section of Part II is devoted to remedies against demons and their previously-listed evil acts with several methods, including exorcism. Part III examines the figure of the inquisitor: who is best suitable to do to the work, how the trials should be conducted, how to handle an arrest for witchcraft, whether the accusers’ names should be revealed, torture methods, pronouncing sentences, and confessions. Witches encompassed women as well as men, though the former appear in greater numbers as they were involved more frequently in folk medicine and were deemed to be naturally more superstitious. What was sorely missing in this ed. was a thorough index, here provided by Cardinal Bianchi and Boezio Giunta, who were careful readers. The present undated ed. was most likely printed c.1523. Apparently no copies recorded in the US. USTC 184331; Pettegree 86863; Moreau III, 524., Books<