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1 - AGRIPPA (Henri Corneille). On the Nobility and Excellence of the Female Sex, Its Preeminence Over the Other Sex, and the Sacrament of Marriage. With the Treatise on the Uncertainty and Vanity of the Sciences and Arts. A charming work and a thoroughly enjoyable read, translated by the famous M. de Gueudeville. Leiden, Theodore Haak, 1726. 3 volumes in-12, contemporary brown sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine. Two damaged caps, some scuffing, browned paper, trace of moisture at the very end of vol. III. 2 frontispieces, (11) folios, 429 pp.; (1) folio, 430–910 pp.; (1) folio, 911–1350 pp.

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AGRIPPA (Henri Corneille). On the Nobility and Excellence of the Female Sex, Its Preeminence Over the Other Sex, and the Sacrament of Marriage. With the Treatise on the Uncertainty and Vanity of the Sciences and Arts. A charming work and a thoroughly enjoyable read, translated by the famous M. de Gueudeville. Leiden, Theodore Haak, 1726. 3 volumes in-12, contemporary brown sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine. Two damaged caps, some scuffing, browned paper, trace of moisture at the very end of vol. III. 2 frontispieces, (11) folios, 429 pp.; (1) folio, 430–910 pp.; (1) folio, 911–1350 pp. French edition of two famous treatises by Corneille Agrippa, originally published in Antwerp in Latin in 1530. Complete with portrait and allegorical frontispiece. Caillet, I, 92

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