[BÉRULLE (Pierre, Cardinal de)]. ALEXIS (Léon d'). Treatise - Lot 4

[BÉRULLE (Pierre, Cardinal de)]. ALEXIS (Léon d'). Treatise on the Energumens, Followed by a Discourse on the Possession of Marthe Bossier: Against the Slanders of a Parisian Physician. Troyes, n.p. [Hupraye], 1599. In-8, dark green half-shagreen (19th-century binding). A very rare first edition of this treatise on the energumeni, or those possessed by the devil. (Caillet, no. 1092; Yve-Plessis, no. 637.) The Discourse on the Possession of Marthe Brossier (56 pages) is not included in this copy. Upper hinge cracked; minor repair on the title page.

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