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Storia Critica delle Pratiche Superstiziose 1745
Storia Critica delle Pratiche Superstiziose 1745
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Title: Storia Critica delle Pratiche Superstiziose, che Hanno Sedotto i Popoli, ed Imbrogliato i dotti, col Metodo, e co' Principi per Discernere gli Effetti Naturali da que che nol sono...
Author: le Brun, Pietro
Description: 4 volumes in 2. xxxvi, 113; vii, 154; 153, (iii), xvi, 138, (ii) pp. With an engraved frontispiece in Volume 1, four full-page engraved plates, several figures in the text, and head and tail pieces. (4to), contemporary vellum. First Italian Edition.A massive compendium discussing and debunking numerous superstitions, many of them relating to medical quackery, "medical cures," and various old-wives tales, with particular attention to dowsing. It went through numerous editions in several languages. This Italian translation was by Zannino Marsecco. See Wellcome, p. 467, citing the French Edition.
Heading: (Medical)Place Published: Mantua
Publisher: A Spese di Dionigi Ramanzini
Date Published: 1745
Condition
Moderate wear, including tearing and chipping to spine ends, mild soiling; some scattered foxing, plus some leaves with very light marginal dampstaining; very good.
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