The admirable historie of the possession and conversion of a penitent woman. Seduced by a magician that made her to become a witch and the princes of sorcerers in the country of Province, who was brought to S. Baume to be exorcised in the yeere 1610 in the moneth of November / by the authority of the Reverend father, and frier, Sebastian Michaëlis ... ; Whereunto is annexed a pneumology, or discourse of spirits ... Translated into English by W.B.

  • Michaelis, Sébastien, 1543?-1618.
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The admirable historie of the possession and conversion of a penitent woman. Seduced by a magician that made her to become a witch and the princes of sorcerers in the country of Province, who was brought to S. Baume to be exorcised in the yeere 1610 in the moneth of November / by the authority of the Reverend father, and frier, Sebastian Michaëlis ... ; Whereunto is annexed a pneumology, or discourse of spirits ... Translated into English by W.B. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une penitente. English
Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une pénitente
A discourse of spirits

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London : Imprinted [by Felix Kingston?] for William Aspley, 1613.

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54 unnumbered pages, 418 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 154 pages, 34 unnumbered pages ; (4to)

References note

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Alchemy and the occult 67
STC 17854a, 17855 (pt. 2)
Cornell University. Witchcraft p. 391
ESTC S112659
STC (2nd ed.), 17854a

Notes

Pt. 2, A discourse of spirits, is a translation of: Pneumalogie, ou, Discours des esprits; ed. in French originally published: Paris : Bichon, 1587; has separate t.p
First edition in English, 2nd issue, with dated prelims
Pt. 1 is a translation of: Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une pénitente ...; ed. in French originally published: Paris : Chastellain, 1612

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