Giovan Battista Serra. Maravigliosi et Occulti Secreti Naturali Novamente [“Wonderful and Hidden Natural Secrets.”]

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 159

(KABBALAH).

Giovan Battista Serra. Maravigliosi et Occulti Secreti Naturali Novamente [“Wonderful and Hidden Natural Secrets.”]

<<First edition.>> Printer’s device on title. ff. 4. Lightly stained, small neat repair to title. Modern boards. 12mo.

Bologna: Giacomo Ardizzoni 1625

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

Scarce little pamphlet containing 25 natural remedies and folk treatments (Seguloth) to aid various injuries and illnesses, based upon secrets embedded within Kabbalistic wisdom. Almost nothing is known of the author beyond the fact that he was a Jewish convert to Christianity and an itinerant physician, popularly known as Il Giudeo (“the Jew”).