This collection features books covering the subjects of Magic and Science from the personal library of the Hamburg art historian and scholar Aby Warburg (1866-1929). These books formed the basis of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, which was officially opened in 1926 and emigrated to London in 1933-1934.
As suggested by the name of the Library named after him, Warburg had wide-ranging interests in Kulturwissenschaft, a term difficult to translate, but usually rendered as ‘cultural studies’, understood in its widest, anthropological sense. It is well-illustrated here by his collection on Magic and Science (classmark F). Together with Philosophy (A) and Religion (B, G), it makes up the broader category of ‘Orientation’, which deals with man’s attempts to make sense of his place in the world.
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Vie de Nostradamus, La
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par Jean Moura [pseud.] et Paul Louvet., "Liste des principaux ouvrages consultés": p. [233]-235.
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Vier neue Curiositäten-Bibliographieen
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Contents: Der bayerische Hiesel (auch Brentanhiesel gen.), eigentlich Matthias Klostermeyer, geb. 3. sept. 1736 ... gerädert 6. sept. 1771.--Die Amazonen-litteratur.--Procès du collier. Der halsbandprozess und der abentheurer Cagliostro--Bibliotheca selecta erotico-curiosa. Seltene deutsche curiosa, erotica, gynaecologica und sexualia in der Königlichen oeffentlichen bibliothek zu Dresden., Sämtlich zum ersten Male übersichtlich zusammengestellt von Hugo Hayn., Each list has special t.-p. Aby Waburg's copy.
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Vom Jenseits der Seele
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Contents: Zur Übersicht.--Parapsychologie.--Spiritismus.--Geheimwissenschaft.--Magischer Idealismus., von Max Dessoir.
Aby Warburg's copy.
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