BEKKER, Balthasar. The enchanted world. - Lot 47

BEKKER, Balthasar. The enchanted world. Published in Amsterdam by Pierre Rotterdam in 1694. 2 volumes in 1 volume, format In seize / In-16. Cream velvet. Smooth spine decorated with black handwritten title. Speckled edges. Contemporary binding. (17)-448-(2) ; (15)-728-(3) pages, 2 hors-texte engravings, in-text lettrines and culs-de-lampe. Rubbing, vellum browned in places, very rare foxing. First French edition of this work by Dutch theologian Balthazar Bekke, which first appeared in 1691. Book four is enriched with two hors-texte plates. The author refutes vulgar opinion on the influence of the devil, and attempts to prove that everything that has been written about the devil, sorcerers, spells, possessions, magic and evil spirits, belongs solely to the realm of superstition. Incomplete series: third and fourth books only. Beautiful contemporary vellum binding, bright interior.