{"title":"1700s","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"manuale-comodo-per-li-curati-italian-1725-rare-italian-catholic-priest-manual","title":"(Italian) Manuale Comodo per Li Curati (1725) | Rare Italian Catholic Priest Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eManuale Comodo per Li Curati is a rare eighteenth-century Italian Catholic pastoral handbook by Father Master Giambattista Benamati, published in Milan by the heirs of Domenico Bellagatta in 1725.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated as a practical guide for parish priests, this work provides instructions, prayers and formulas for a wide range of clerical duties, including the administration of sacraments, visiting the sick, blessings of homes and objects, and other elements of pastoral care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes sections relating to spiritual protection and rites against evil, including prayers and formulas connected with exorcism. However, it is primarily a comprehensive priestly manual rather than a dedicated exorcism book. It offers valuable insight into eighteenth-century Catholic religious practice, liturgy, and the historical relationship between faith, ritual and beliefs surrounding spiritual affliction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1725, this surviving copy represents a fascinating example of an early eighteenth-century working religious text, valued by collectors of Catholic history, liturgical books, religious manuscripts, demonology, and the history of spiritual practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliographic Details:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: Manuale Comodo per Li Curati\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Father Master Giambattista Benamati\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Presso gli Eredi di Domenico Bellagatta\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlace of Publication: Milan, Italy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 1725\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage: Italian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Language: Yes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Small octavo (15 × 8.5 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: Approximately 335 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Contemporary full leather binding with raised bands and gilt spine decoration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. The original full leather binding remains intact with signs of age and use consistent with an eighteenth-century practical religious volume. The paper shows natural ageing and browning. 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Although Bergasse initially defended aspects of Mesmer’s ideas, his views later contributed to disagreements within the mesmerist movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis German translation, published in Dresden in 1790 by the Electoral Court Printing Office, includes a translation by Johann Gottfried Bremer and a preface by Count Heinrich von Brühl. The work examines animal magnetism, the organisation of living beings, theories of motion and the philosophical foundations behind Mesmer’s system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA significant historical document for collectors of mesmerism, occult philosophy, early psychology, medical history and Enlightenment-era esoteric thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliographic Details:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: Betrachtungen über den thierischen Magnetismum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Nicolas Bergasse (1750–1832)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslator: Johann Gottfried Bremer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Kurfürstliche Hofbuchdruckerei\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlace of Publication: Dresden, Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 1790\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage: German\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Language: German translation from French\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 146 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Contemporary red paper-covered boards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. 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