Antipistorius, id est, Exceptio Prior Contra Primam Thesin Dodecamorii symboli, quod Iochannes Pistorius defendendum nuper suscepit Badae Marchionum

Schram, David (Pseudo. Christophorus Agricola Rhaetus)

Published by Johannes Basse, 1590

About this Item

8º. 66 ff . Woodcut device on title page, head-piece, decorated initial letter. Marginal paperflaw on A5. Very good condition. Full later vellum, inked title and year on spine. Johann Pistorius of Nidde (1546-1608) physician and occult writer was a subject of controversy not only because of his interest in medicinal alchemy & kabbalah but also his religious views. In an attack on him by Jacob Heilbronner, 'Daemonomania Pistoriana,' it is claimed that . from a physician Pistorius became a politician, from a politician a theologian, from a Lutheran a Calvinist, from a Calvinist a papist. Thorndike, VI, 462. This tract was written after Pistorius' conversion in 1586 and mentions the conversion of Margrave Jacob III to Catholicism. It is a rare work and lacking from most major collections.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antipistorius, id est, Exceptio Prior Contra Primam Thesin Dodecamorii symboli, quod Iochannes Pistorius defendendum nuper suscepit Badae Marchionum
• Publisher: Johannes Basse
• Publication Date: 1590
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa dura
• Condition: Muy bien