First complete edition to combine all three books. Small folio in sixes (10 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 273 x 185 mm). [12], 362 pp. Author's woodcut portrait on title-page. With woodcut initials and numerous charts and illustrations, including astrological tables and seven showing the proportions and properties of the human body .

Full contemporary vellum, yapp edges. Handwritten paper spine label. Spine label a bit rubbed and chipped. Vellum lightly soiled. Some light dampstaining throughout. Previous owner's faded old ink signature on title-page. A bit of old ink marginalia throughout. Overall a very good copy.

"A German philosopher and writer on the occult, Agrippa was the first European to respond to the intellectual upheavals of the sixteenth century by adapting the classical skepticism of ancient and Hellenistic Greece, developed in opposition to various dogmatic philosophies, into a means of dealing with a rapidly changing modern world. Like their classical precursors, the new skeptics attacked the prevailing theories of the time, but they differed in that they did not seek to make people suspend judgement, but rather to persuade them to give up the quest for knowledge by rational means and to accept truth (i.e., religious truth) through faith" (Norman).

This important work on the occult, which was first published in 1531, is considered the most famous work on "white" magic.

Garrison and Morton. Norman Library.

HBS # 65684 $8,500