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Breslaw's last legacy: or, the conjuror unmasked. Containing All That IS Curious, Pleasing, Entertaining, And Comical, Selected from the most celebrated Masters of Slight Of Hand And Deception, Mathematical Inventions, &c. Wherein IS Displayed The Mode and Manner of deceiving the Eye, As practised by those celebrated Masters of Mirthful Deceptions, Breslaw, Sieur Comus, Jonas, Pinetti, &c. Also, Interpretations Of Dreams, Signification Of Moles, Palmistry, Remarkable Stories, &c. The Whole Forming A Book Of Real Knowledge In The Art Of Conjuration. With an accurate Description of making The Air Balloon. The tenth edition, with great additions and improvements.
Date: 1792
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Paracelsus, his Archidoxis, or, chief teachings; comprised in ten books, disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c. Together with his books of renovation & restauration. Of the tincture of the philosophers. Of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone. Of the virtues of the members. Of the three principles. And finally his seven books, of the degrees and compositions of receipts, and natural things. Englished, by J.H. Oxon.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1663
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Natura prodigiorum : or, a discourse touching the nature of prodigies. Together with the kinds, causes and effects, of comets, eclipses, and earthquakes. With an appendix touching the imposturism of the commonly-received doctrine of prophecies, spirits, images, sigils, lamens, the christal, &c. and the propugners of such opinions. / By John Gadbury philomathēmatikos.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704Date: 1660
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The divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus : in XVII. books. Translated formerly out of the Arabick into Greek, and thence into Latine, and Dutch, and now out of the original into English; by that learned divine Doctor Everard.
Date: 1650 [i.e. 1649]
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Paracelsus, his Archidoxis : comprised in ten books : disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c : together with his books of renovation & restauration, of the tincture of the philsophers, of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone, of the virtues of the members, of the three principles, and finally his seven books of the degrees and compositions, of receipts and natural things / faithfully and plainly Englished, and published by J.H., Oxon.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1660
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Henry Cornelius Agrippa his fourth book of occult philosophy : Of geomancy. Magical elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical geomancy. The nature of spirits. Arbatel of magick. / Translated into English by Robert Turner, philomathes.
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486-1535Date: 1655
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Ars iudiciaria astrologi est mera impostura mundi. ; Non est vis agendi verbis aut characteribus.
University of CambridgeDate: [1603]
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Theomagia, or, The temple of wisdome : in three parts, spiritual, celestial, and elemental : containing the occult powers of the angels of astromancy in the telesmatical sculpture of the Persians and Ægyptians : the myster / by John Heydon, Gent.
Heydon, John, 1629-Date: 1663-1664
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The wise-mans crown, or, The glory of the rosie-cross : shewing the wonderful power of nature, with the full discovery of the true cœlum terræ, or first matter of metals, and their preparations into incredible medicines or elixirs that cure all diseases in young or old : with the regio lucis, and holy houshold of rosie crucian philosophers / communicated to the world by John Heydon, Gent.
Heydon, John, 1629-Date: 1664-65
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The discouerie of witchcraft : wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueiances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered: and many other things opened, which have long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne. Heerevnto is added a treatise vpon the nature and substance of spirits and diuels, &c: all latelie written by Reginald Scot Esquire.
Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599Date: 1584
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Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature : Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1656. [i.e. 1655]
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The secret miracles of nature : in four books : learnedly and moderately treating of generation, and the parts thereof, the soul, and its immortality, of plants and living creatures, of diseases, their symptoms and cures, and many other rarities ... : whereunto is added one book containing philosophical and prudential rules how man shall become excellent in all conditions, whether high or low, and lead his life with health of body and mind ... / written by that famous physitian, Levinus Lemnius.
Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568Date: 1658
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Scot's Discovery of vvitchcraft : proving the common opinions of witches contracting with divels, spirits, or familiars ... to be but imaginary, erronious conceptions and novelties : wherein also, the lewde unchristian / all written and published in anno 1584, by Reginald Scot, Esquire.
Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599Date: 1651
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Natura prodigiorum, or, A discourse touching the nature of prodigies : together with the kindes, causes, and effects of comets (or blazing stars) eclipses and earthquakes, remarkable since the birth of Christ to this present year 1665 : with an appendix touching the imposturism of the commonly-received doctrine of prophecies, spirits, images, sigils, lamens, the Christal &c. and the propugners of such opinions / John Gadbury.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704Date: 1665
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Paracelsus his Archidoxes : comprised in ten books, disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c. Together with his books of renovation & restauration. Of the tincture of the philsophers. Of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone, Of the virtues of the members. Of the three principles. And finally his seven books, of the degrees and compositions of receipts, and natural things. / Faithfully and plainly Englished, and published by J.H. Oxon.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1661
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The divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus : in XVII. books. Translated formerly out of the Arabick into Greek, and thence into Latine, and Dutch, and now out of the original into English; by that learned divine Doctor Everard.
Date: 1650 [i.e. 1649]