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[Witchcraft]. Pico della Mirandola. Libro detto Strega, First ed. in Italian, Bologna, 1524
Pico della Mirandola (Giovanni Francesco).
Libro detto Strega, o delle illusioni del Demonio, [trans.by Leandro degli Alberti from the Latin]
first edition in Italian. 55 leaves of plus errata, title within pictorial woodcut border; printer's device at end of text; woodcut initial O at beginning of text, wide margins, later vellum, part of leather lettering label to spine, sm. 4to., Bologna, Geronimo de Beneditti), 1524.
*** This is the first book in Italian dedicated to witchcraft. It reports the witchcraft (and anti-witchcraft) activity that struck the principalities of Mirandola and Concordia between 1522 and 1523.
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