HENRY

CORNELIUS AGRIPPA

OF NETTESHEIM, COUNCILOR AND HISTORIAN TO HIS SACRED IMPERIAL MAJESTY, original: "a' consiliis et archivis inditiarii sacrae caesareae maiestatis." Agrippa served as an advisor and archivist to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V.

ON OCCULT

PHILOSOPHY

THREE BOOKS.

A. M. * M. I. H. E. These are likely the initials of a previous owner of this specific copy.

A decorative woodcut printer's device belonging to the Beringen brothers. At the top of an ornate scrollwork frame is a bearded male head. Centered within the frame are two clasped hands (the "fede" motif) emerging from sleeves, with small chains or weights hanging from the cuffs. Hanging below the hands is a circular medallion or wreath containing the motto: "BONA FIDE" Bona Fide: In Good Faith.

LYON, original: "Lugduni"

By Godefroy and Marcellin

Beringen, brothers,

1550.

Ambrosius Höfer of Torgau.

original: "Ambrosius Höferus Torgensis." This refers to a former owner of the book from the town of Torgau in Saxony.

F. N. D. D.

An abbreviation for a Latin dedicatory formula, likely "fieri nomine dono dedit," indicating the book was given as a gift.