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La Physique occulte, ou Traité de la baguette divinatoire. 

La Haye, Adrien Moetjens, 1762.

2 volumes in-12 (16,4 x 9,8 cm), basane marbrée (reliure de l'époque), dos à nerfs et caissons fleuronnés, pièce de titre de maroquin vieux rouge, roulette sur les coupes, tranches rouges, [24]-275 ; [8]-246 pages (complet). Reliure un peu frottée, coiffe et queue arasées, coins émoussés, intérieur clair. Bon état.

Édition illustrée de 24 figures gravées en taille-douce, dont un frontispice pour le tome I, quelques planches montrant la manière de tenir la baguette divinatoire et 8 autres indiquant les périodes de l'année où il faut couper la baguette pour trouver diverses sortes de métaux.

Traité visant à exposer les merveilles de la fameuse baguette, par un physicien né et mort à Pont-Audemer (Eure). Paru pour la première fois en 1693, l'ouvrage déchaîna un flot de publications contradictoire, et n'en fut pas moins réédité plusieurs fois jusqu'au milieu du XVIIIe siècle.

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