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Lot 28

PISTORIUS, JOHANN. 1546-1608.
Artis cabalisticae: hoc est, reconditae theologicae et philosophorum scriptorum. Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1587.

13 December 2022, 11:00 EST
New York

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PISTORIUS, JOHANN. 1546-1608.

Artis cabalisticae: hoc est, reconditae theologicae et philosophorum scriptorum. Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1587.
Folio (325 x 200). Woodcut printer's device on title-page and colophon, woodcut initials. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, two brass clasps. Repairs and scuffing to covers, stains to title-page, ownership inscription on front blank, repaired tear to first leaf of text, light dampstaining along outside edge in margins, scattered foxing and browning.

FIRST EDITION of what was to be a first volume on Pistorius' compendium of Kabalistic literature. A second volume, covering Jewish rather than Christian literature on the subject, was planned but never completed. Born Lutheran, Pistorius studied medicine and theology, eventually converted to Calvinism, and then again to Catholicism. He entered the priesthood, and served as religious adviser and confessor to Emperor Rudolph II. Adams P-1315; Caillet 8702; Graesse V, 535.

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