A decorative woodcut border frames the title, featuring various classical figures, winding foliage, and ornate decorative elements typical of Renaissance book design.

HEINRICH

CORNELIUS AGRIPPA

On the Nobility and Excellence of the Female Sex, dedicated to Margaret of Austria, Princess of Burgundy.

original: "de Nobilitate & Præcellentia fœminei sexus, ad Margaretam Augustam Austriacā. & Burgundionū Principē." Margaret of Austria (1480–1530) was the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and a powerful patron of the arts and sciences.

1529

An Expostulation with Jean Catilinet regarding the exposition of the book by Johann Reuchlin, On the Wonder-Working Word

original: "Expostulatio cū Ioānne Catilineti super expositiōe libri Ioānis Capnionis de uerbo mirifico." Jean Catilinet was a Franciscan friar who accused Agrippa of heresy. "Capnio" is the Greek-style pseudonym of the famous Hebrew scholar Johann Reuchlin.

A Declamation on the Sacrament of Marriage, dedicated to Margaret, Duchess of Alençon.

Margaret of Alençon, also known as Marguerite de Navarre, was the sister of King Francis I of France and a noted intellectual and author.

A single book on the Threefold Way of Knowing God, dedicated to William Palaiologos, Marquess of Montferrat.

A Dissuasion from Pagan Theology, dedicated to the Bishop of Bazas.

original: "Dehortatio Gentilis theologiæ." This work argues that Christian students should focus on sacred scripture rather than the "pagan" philosophy of the Greeks and Romans.

A Declamation on the debatable opinion concerning Original Sin, dedicated to the Bishop of Cyrene.

A Regimen against the Plague, dedicated to the same Bishop.

A woodcut border at the bottom features a central medallion containing a profile portrait of the Roman poet Virgil, identified by the inscription "MARO VIRGIL" (Publius Virgilius Maro).

B. n. 428. / 1529.
A handwritten archival reference number and the year of publication.

The circular library stamp of the French Royal Library (Bibliothèque du Roi).