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Witchcraft in Europe and America Reel Listing Witchcraft in Europe and America Reel Listing Aanmerkingen van eenige rechtzinnige broederen Ady, Thomas. over de Articulen van satisfactie, waar op men met A candle in the dark; or, A treatise concerning the D.B. Bekker een verdrag gemaakt heeft. nature of witches & witchcraft. Leyden, By F. Haring, boekverkooper. 1692 London, Printed for R. I., to be sold by T. Newberry. Reel: 1, Item No. 1 1656 Being advice to judges, sheriffes, justices of the An account of what happened in the kingdom of peace, and grand-jury-men, what to do, before they Sweden in the years 1669 and 1670. passe sentence on such as are arraigned for their lives London. 1681 as witches. Done into English by A. Horneck. [Witchcraft.]. Reel: 2, Item No. 9 Reel: 1, Item No. 2 [Ady, Thomas]. Aconcio, Giacomo, 1492?-1566?. The doctrine of devils, proved to be the grand Stratagematum Satanae, libri octo. apostacy of these later times. Oxonii, G. Webb. 1631 London, Printed for the author. 1676 Editio iterata & emendata. An essay tending to rectifie those undue notions and Reel: 1, Item No. 3 apprehensions men have about daemons and evil spirits. Acta inquisitionalia contra Catharina Craulin [and Reel: 3, Item No. 10 other women] wegen Hexerei. 1669-1687 [Ady, Thomas]. Reel: 1, Item No. 4 [A perfect discovery of witches, shewing the divine cause of distractions of this kingdome, and Acxtelmeier, Stanislaus Reinhard. also of the Christian world]. Misantropus Audax; das ist: Der alles anbellende London, printed for R. I. to bee sold by H. Brome. Menschen-Hund. [1661] Augspurg, L. Kop. 1710 Reel: 3, Item No. 11 Wider die Fehler, Irzthumer, Missbräuche, und aberglaubische, Gottes-lästerliche, teuffelische Agricola, Franciscus, d.1624. Zauber-Wercke, und andere Laster, welche leider, Gründtlicher Bericht, ob Zauberey die argste und heutiges Tages häuffig im Schwung gehen, durch grewlichste sünd auff Erden sey. untadelhafftigen Tadeldenen Irrgehenden zu Gemüth Zu Cölln, H. Falckenburg. 1597 geleget, und im Reisen zusammen getragen. Reel: 3, Item No. 12 Reel: 1, Item No. 5 Agricola, Franciscus, d.1624. Adami, Johann Gottlieb. Gründtlicher Bericht, ob Zauber- und Hexerey die Kurze nachricht von denen seltsamen und argste und grewlichste sünd auff Erden sey. kläglichen begebenheiten an kindern und e [ Dilingen, G. Hänlin. 1613 ]achsenen personen zu Annaberg, etc. Zum andern, ob die Zauberer noch Büsz thün und Altenburg. 1714 selig werden mögen. Zum dritten, ob die hohe Reel: 1, Item No. 6 Obrigkeit, so lieb ihr Gott und ire Seligkeit ist die Zauberer und Hexen am Leib und Leben zustraffen Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927. schuldig. Mit Ableinung allerley Einreden. Witchcraft. Reel: 3, Item No. 13 1887 (In his Emancipation of Massachusetts, 1887.). Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, Reel: 1, Item No. 7 1486?-1535. Apologia aduersus calumnias propter [Adelung, Johann Christoph] 1732-1806. Declamationem de Vanitate scientiarum, & Geschichte der menschlichen Narrheit; oder, excellentia uerbi Dei, sibi per aliquos Louanienses Lebensbeschreibungen berühmter Schwarzkünstler, theologistas intentatas. Goldmacher, Teufelsbanner, Zeichen- und [Coloniae]. 1533 Liniendeuter, Schwärmer, Wahrsager, und anderer Querela super calumnia, ob eandem Declamationem, philosophischer Unholden. sibi per aliquot sceleratissimos sycophantas, apud Leipzig, Weygand. 1785-89 Caesaream Maiest. nefarie ac proditorie illata. Reel: 1/2, Item No. 8 Reel: 3, Item No. 14 Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535. Appendix apologetica Henrici Cornelii Agrippae ab Nettesheym ... pertinens ad secundam eivsoperum Lugduni editorum partem. Lugduni, Per Beringos Fratres. 1605 Reel: 3, Item No. 15 1 Witchcraft in Europe and America Reel Listing Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535. 1486?-1535. De incertitudine & vanitate omnium scientiarum La philosophie occulte. & artium liber ... Cum adiecto indice capitum. La Haye, R. Chr. Alberts. 1727 Lugduni Batavorum Excudebat Severinus Matthaei, Divisée en trois livres, et traduite du Latin. pro Officinis Abrahami Commelini & Davidis Reel: 5, Item No. 22 Lopesde Haro. 1643 Accedunt duo ejusdem auctoris libelli; quorum unus Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, est de Nobilitate & praecellentia foeminei sexus, 1486?-1535. ejusdemque supra virilem eminentia; alter de Three books of occult philosophy. matrimonio seu conjugio. London, Printed by R. W. for Gregory Moule, and Reel: 3, Item No. 16 are to be sold at the Sign of the three Bibles neer the West-end of Pauls. 1651 Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, 1486?-1535. by J.F[reake]. Declamation sur l'incertitude, vanité, et abus des Reel: 5, Item No. 23 sciences, traduite en francois du latin de Henry Corneille Agr. Alberghini, Giovanni, 1574-1644. [Paris] Par Jean Durand. 1582 Manvale qualificatorum sanctiss. Reel: 3, Item No. 17 Panormi, Apud Decium Cyrillum. 1642 Inquisitionis, in quo omnia, quae ad illud tribunal, ac Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, haeresum censuram pertinent, breui methodo 1486?-1535. adducuntur ... Cum duplici indice. Henrici Cornelii Agrippae ab Nattesheym De Reel: 5, Item No. 24 incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum declamatio invectiva, denuo ab autore recognita, et marginalibus Alberti, Michael, 1682-1757. annotationibus aucta. Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de potestate [n.p.]. 1550 diaboli in corpus humanum, quam. Reel: 3, Item No. 18 [Halle] Typis Jo: Christian Hendel. [1725] praeside Dn. D. Michaele Alberti ... ventilationi Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, subjiciet respondens Johannes Fridericus Corvinus. 1486?-1535. Reel: 5, Item No. 25 Henrici Cor. Agrippae et Nettesheym, De occvlta philosophia libri III. Quibus accesservnt, Spurius Alberti, Michael, 1682-1757. Agrippae Liber de ceremonijs magicis. Heptameron Dissertatio inauguralis medica De superstitione Petri de Albano [sic] Ratio compendiaria magiae medica, quam. naturalis, Plinio desumpta. Halae Magdeburgicae, Typis Ioanni [sic] Christiani Parisiis, Ex officina Iacobi Dupuys. 1567 Hendelii. [1720] Disputatio de fascinationi bus. Epistola praeside Dn. D. Michaele Alberti ... publicae deincantatione & adjuratione colliq; suspensione. ventilationi submittet David Godofred. Kletschke. Johannes Tritemij opus cula quaedam huius Reel: 5, Item No. 26 argumenti. Reel: 4, Item No. 19 Alberti, Michael, 1682-1757. Dissertatio inauguralis medica medicinam pseudo- Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, miraculosam aperiens, quam. 1486?-1535. Halae Magdeburgicae, Typis Joh. Christiani Of the vanitie and uncertaintie of artes and Hendelii. [1753] sciences. in Alma Regia Fridericiana, praeside ... Michaele London, Imprinted by Henry Wykes. 1569 Alberti ... pro gradu doctoris summisque in medicina Englished by Ja. San., gent. honoribus et privilegiis doctoralibus legitime ... Reel: 4, Item No. 20 impetrandis, anno MDCCLIII. d. Maii ...publicae ... eruditorum ventilationi subjiciet auctor Georgius Agrippa Von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, Heck. 1486?-1535. Reel: 5, Item No. 27 Opera omnia, in duos tomos concinne digesta, & nunc denuò sublatis omnibus mendis, in [Greek Alberti, Valentin, 1635-1697. omitted] gratiam accuratissimè recusa. Quibus post ... Academische Abhandlung von den Hexen und omnium editiones de nouo accessit Ars notoria. dem Bündniss so sie met dem Teuffel haben. Lugduni, Per Beringos Fratres. 1600 Franckfurt und Leipzig. 1723 Reel: 4, Item No. 21 Darinnen ... nebst Erörterung einiger andern curieusen Fragen, ob die bekannte Pucelle d'Orleans, ingleichen das rasende Weib, das den Attilan erschrecket, eine Hexe gewesen sei?. Reel: 5, Item No. 28 2 Witchcraft in Europe and America Reel Listing Alberti, Valentin, 1635-1697. Alphonsus de Spina, bp. of Orense, d.1469. Dissertatio academica, De sagis, sive foeminis, Fortalitium fidei. commercium cum malo spiritu habentibus, e [Lyons, Guillaume Balsarin]. 22 May, 1487 christiana pneumatologia desumpta, & sub praesidio. Reel: 7, Item No. 37 Lipsiae, Typis Christoph. Fleischeri. [1690] Dn. D. Valentini Alberti ... Publicae proposita Althamer, Andreas, ca.1500-1539. ventilationi ... ab autore Christiano Stridtbeckh. 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