Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe: The Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections

by Bernd-Christian Otto and Daniel Bellingradt

Book Overview

This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140 manuscripts of 'learned magic' that was sold for a fantastic sum within the clandestine channels of the German book trade in the early eighteenth century. The book will interpret this collection from two angles - as an artefact of the early modern book market as well as the longue-dur e tradition of Western learned magic -, thus taking a new stance towards scribal texts that are often regarded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319595245
• ISBN13: 9783319595245
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"