THE OCCULT SCIENCES IN THE RENAISSANCE A Study in Intellectual Patterns

SHUMAKER, Wayne

ISBN 10: 0520020219 / ISBN 13: 9780520020214

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1973

About this Item

Grey hessian with red spine lettering. xxii + 284, 58 (I make it) text ills; internally pristine as far as I can see thus warranting an As New rating despite age. Unclipped jacket marred only by small reddish smudge by red panel on front which might be a production fault, and closed nick with slight rubbing to back corner top spine, will ass protective sleeve when ordred. Scarce in UK. 18.5 cm x 26 cm.

Seller Inventory # 014403

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE OCCULT SCIENCES IN THE RENAISSANCE A Study in Intellectual Patterns
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520020219
• ISBN 13: 9780520020214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • History of Science & Technology
  • Occult etc. inc. Psychic Research

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Synopsis

GREAT BOOK.

From the Inside Flap

"The only short and acceptable summary and analysis of the five Renaissance occult sciences." - Times Literary Supplement

"The . . . usefulness of this book for students of Renaissance literature and culture will not soon be ended." - Virginia Quarterly Review

"The absence of contaminating traces either of condescension or of credulousness give this absorbing volume a special authority and place on the shelves of any reader or any library where the history of modern thoughts is relevant." - Scientific American

"A remarkable summary and analysis of the five systems of esoteric science so influential in the Renaissance." - Milton Quarterly

"A magnificent job of tying together a vast number of diverse sources into a unified whole . . . engrossing in its entirety." -The Sciences