Bekker (balthasar) - The Enchanted World. Chez Pierre Rotterdam, 1694.

BEKKER (Balthasar) - The enchanted world or examination of common sentiments affecting spirits, their nature, their power, their administration, and their operations. And touching the effects that men are capable of producing by their communication and their virtue. Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Rotterdam, 1694; in-12, epistle, preface, summary of the work (approximately 100 pages), 390 + epistle, 729 + epistle, 488 + epistle, 734 pp., full marbled calf bindings of the time, smooth decorated spines, pieces of title in red morocco, edges painted in red. The 4 volumes. Missing the engraved portrait of the author. 6 engravings in volume 4. Balthazar Bekker is a Dutch theologian, born in Metslawier in Friesland, March 20, 1634, died in Amsterdam on June 11, 1698. Son of a German pastor and preacher, he is no less worried for his philosophical opinions close to the doctrines of Descartes. This work seeks to refute popular beliefs about the influence of the demon….