D. Bellingradt, B.-C.

Otto
Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe
The Clandestine Trade In Illegal Book Collections

Series: New Directions in Book History

Uses an eighteenth century German case-study to examine the

clandestine, and sometimes illegal, practices of the the early modern
European book trade
Addressesquestions of censorship regimes and efficiency, of the
textual-ritual tradition and eventual canonformations of Western
learned magic, and of the status and use of handwritten books in
analleged age of print
Provides a methodological pathway towardsan interdisciplinary,
1st ed. 2017, Approx. 135 p. 4 illus. integrative, and thus more comprehensive analysis of books of
learnedmagic in and beyond early modern times

Printed book This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140 manuscripts of learned magic
that was sold for a fantastic sum within the clandestine channels of the German book
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trade in the early eighteenth century. The book will interpret this collection from two
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angles as an artefact of the early modern book market as well as the longue-dure
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tradition of Western learned magic , thus taking a new stance towards scribal texts that
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are often regarded as eccentric, peripheral, or marginal. The study is structured by the
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apparent exceptionality, scarcity, and illegality of the collection, and provides chapters
on clandestine activities in European book markets, questions of censorship regimes and
eBook efficiency, the use manuscripts in an age of print, and the history of learned magic in early
modern Europe. As the collection has survived till this day in Leipzig University Library,
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the book provides a critical edition of the 1710 selling catalogue, which includes a brief
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content analysis of all extant manuscripts. The study will be of interest to scholars and
students from a variety of fields, such as early modern book history, the history of magic,
MyCopy cultural history, the sociology of religion, or the study of Western esotericism.
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