The magick of Kirani king of Persia, and of Harpocration : containing the magical and medicinal vertues of stones, herbs, fishes, beasts and birds : a work much sought for by the learned, but seen by few, said to have been in the Vatican-library in Rome, but not to be found there, nor in all the famous libraries of the empire : now published and translated into English from a copy found in a private hand

Folger bibliographic ID: 347251
ESTC number: R14291
Wing number: M249
Folger call number: 212- 327q
Folger holdings ID: 498007

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Original work not identified Signatures: A-M⁸ N1 Title within double line border Kirani (or Kyranus or Kiranus or Cyranus) is a fictitious king of Persia. Cf. Kestner, C.W. Medicinisches Gelehrten-Lexicon, 1971, p. 452 Place of publication from Wing "Elurus, i.e. a cat, known to all. If therefore one fall into a convulsion or epilepsie, or dizziness, or if an epilepsie take a man, and he lie lifeless, if you presently put a live cat upon him, the convulsion, or dizziness, or apoplexy will immediately depart from him."--page 71

Item information about Folger 212- 327q

Imperfect: lacking L8, supplied in photo-facsimile. Manuscript "7" on title page, manuscript annotations throughout. Binder's ticket: GOM. Bound in leather with blind tooling and gold spine title. Acquired from Blackwell's (cat. 1006:51) 1974-07-15

Extended title: The magick of Kirani king of Persia, and of Harpocration : containing the magical and medicinal vertues of stones, herbs, fishes, beasts and birds : a work much sought for by the learned, but seen by few, said to have been in the Vatican-library in Rome, but not to be found there, nor in all the famous libraries of the empire : now published and translated into English from a copy found in a private hand

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric Medicine