221 - Vanini, Lucilio. *Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae divino-magicum. Christiano-physicum, nec non astrologo-catholicum. Adversos veteres philosophos, atheos epicureos, peripateticos et stoicos*. Lyon, de Harsy, 1615. A rare first edition in which the author claims to expound on divine magic.

Vanini, Lucilio. *Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae divino-magicum. Christiano-physicum, nec non astrologo-catholicum. Adversos veteres philosophos, atheos epicureos, peripateticos et stoicos*. Lyon, de Harsy, 1615. A rare first edition in which the author claims to expound on divine magic. Vanini, Lucilio. Amphitheatrum aeternae providentiae divino-magicum. Christiano-physicum, nec non astrologo-catholicum. Against the ancient philosophers, the atheist Epicureans, Peripatetics, and Stoics. Lyon, de Harsy, 1615. In octavo (170 x 110 mm); [24], 336, [8] pages. Woodcut illustrations (slight and uniform discoloration, small spots). Original red-dyed sowhide leather binding with dry-stamped designs on wooden slats; spine historically rebuilt (remboîtage). Stamps of the Royal Library of Berlin. Vanini, a philosopher born in Taurisano near Otranto, studied in Naples and Padua; he fled to various European countries and in 1619 was arrested in Toulouse, tried, and sentenced to have his tongue cut out and to be burned at the stake. This work was initially granted permission to be printed, but a closer reading shortly after publication convinced the authorities to ban it and destroy all traceable copies. Dorbon 5060: “extremely rare first edition of this work by the famous philosopher and atheist.” Rare first edition of this work in which the author professes to set divine magic