SPRENGER, Jakob and KRMER, Heinrich. Malleus maleficarum, [Lyons: Jean Marion 23 February 1519]. 8o (140 x 97mm.). Gothic type, large metalcut printer's device (two unicorns flanking a palm on which is hung a shield with Marion's initials), woodcut capitals. (Lacking last leaf [blank?]). Old black paper boards. (Rebacked in cloth, preserving original hand-lettered paper spine label.) Norman 1997 -- SPRENGER and KRMER. Malleus maleficarum [with other works], Lyons: Claude Bourgeot 1669. 4 vols in one, 4o (242 x 180mm). Engraved vignette on titlepages, woodcut ornaments. (A few marginal dampstains in vol 1). Contemporary speckled calf, edges sprinkled red. (Rebacked, new gilt-lettered spine labels). Provenance: the Croxteth Library (engraved bookplates). A late and perhaps the last edition of The Hammer of Witches, comprising a veritable anthology on witchcraft and exorcism and containing some 18 additional treatises on witchcraft, demonism and exorcism. Osler 3315; cf. M. Summers 1928 translation, pp.xxxvi-xxxvii for a list of the contents; Norman 2002 -- SPRENGER and KRMER. Malleus maleficarum translated with an Introduction, Bibliography and Notes by the Rev. Montague Summers. [London:] John Rodker 1928. 2. Publisher's quarter red vellum and buckram boards, edges uncut. Limited Edition, no.13 of 1275 copies. An attractively printed modern edition of the celebrated Hammer of Witches. Norman 2003. Together 3 works in 4 vols. (4)

SPRENGER, Jakob and KRMER, Heinrich. Malleus maleficarum, [Lyons: Jean Marion 23 February 1519]. 8o (140 x 97mm.). Gothic type, large metalcut printer's device (two unicorns flanking a palm on which is hung a shield with Marion's initials), woodcut capitals. (Lacking last leaf [blank?]). Old black paper boards. (Rebacked in cloth, preserving original hand-lettered paper spine label.) Norman 1997 -- SPRENGER and KRMER. Malleus maleficarum [with other works], Lyons: Claude Bourgeot 1669. 4 vols in one, 4o (242 x 180mm). Engraved vignette on titlepages, woodcut ornaments. (A few marginal dampstains in vol 1). Contemporary speckled calf, edges sprinkled red. (Rebacked, new gilt-lettered spine labels). Provenance: the Croxteth Library (engraved bookplates). A late and perhaps the last edition of The Hammer of Witches, comprising a veritable anthology on witchcraft and exorcism and containing some 18 additional treatises on witchcraft, demonism and exorcism. Osler 3315; cf. M. Summers 1928 translation, pp.xxxvi-xxxvii for a list of the contents; Norman 2002 -- SPRENGER and KRMER. Malleus maleficarum translated with an Introduction, Bibliography and Notes by the Rev. Montague Summers. [London:] John Rodker 1928. 2. Publisher's quarter red vellum and buckram boards, edges uncut. Limited Edition, no.13 of 1275 copies. An attractively printed modern edition of the celebrated Hammer of Witches. Norman 2003. Together 3 works in 4 vols. (4)

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SPRENGER, Jakob and KRMER, Heinrich. Malleus maleficarum, [Lyons: Jean Marion 23 February 1519]. 8o (140 x 97mm.). Gothic type, large metalcut printer's device (two unicorns flanking a palm on which is hung a shield with Marion's initials), woodcut capitals. (Lacking last leaf [blank?]). Old black paper boards. (Rebacked in cloth, preserving original hand-lettered paper spine label.) Norman 1997 -- SPRENGER and KRMER. Malleus maleficarum [with other works], Lyons: Claude Bourgeot 1669. 4 vols in one, 4o (242 x 180mm). Engraved vignette on titlepages, woodcut ornaments. (A few marginal dampstains in vol 1). Contemporary speckled calf, edges sprinkled red. (Rebacked, new gilt-lettered spine labels). Provenance: the Croxteth Library (engraved bookplates). A late and perhaps the last edition of The Hammer of Witches, comprising a veritable anthology on witchcraft and exorcism and containing some 18 additional treatises on witchcraft, demonism and exorcism. Osler 3315; cf. M. Summers 1928 translation, pp.xxxvi-xxxvii for a list of the contents; Norman 2002 -- SPRENGER and KRMER. Malleus maleficarum translated with an Introduction, Bibliography and Notes by the Rev. Montague Summers. [London:] John Rodker 1928. 2. Publisher's quarter red vellum and buckram boards, edges uncut. Limited Edition, no.13 of 1275 copies. An attractively printed modern edition of the celebrated Hammer of Witches. Norman 2003. Together 3 works in 4 vols. (4)