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COMPENDIUM

OF THE EXORCISTIC ART,

AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE WONDROUS & stupendous works of Demons, and of Sorcerers;

With the appropriate remedies for illnesses caused by witchcraft.

By Father Girolamo MenghiGirolamo Menghi (1529–1609) was a Franciscan friar and the most famous exorcist of his time. His writings standardized the practice of exorcism in the Catholic Church for centuries. of Viadana

Observant Friar Minor.A branch of the Franciscan Order that sought to follow the Rule of St. Francis with strict "observance."

A work no less useful to Exorcists than

delightful to the Reader, for the common benefit,

newly published.

A central woodcut emblem or coat of arms. The shield is divided: the left side shows a spread eagle above diagonal stripes; the right side depicts a leafy tree. The shield is surmounted by an ecclesiastical galero (hat) with cords and tassels hanging on either side. To the right of this central image is a separate ink stamp of a cross surmounted by a crown.

IN BOLOGNA,

By Giovanni Rossi 1576.

With the permission of the Superiors.original: "Con licenza de' Superiori." This indicates the book had passed ecclesiastical censorship and was authorized by the Church.