Ex Libris Aby Warburg: Magic and Science

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.

Pages

: Aberglaube unter den Angelsachsen

: Aberglaube, Der; Von Moritz Steinschneider., Aby Warburg's copy.

: Aberglaude, was er ist, Der; Ein Beitrag zur Volksbildung von Ludwig Strümpell., Aby Warburg's copy.

: Abusum Psalmi CIX. imprecatorii vulgo; praeside Io. Andr. Schmidio .. ; eruditorum iudiciis submittet reponsurus autor Ioannes Fridericus Heine .. ; d XI. Aug MDCCVIII., Signatures: [pi]p1s, A-Ep4s, Fp3s. Aby Warburg's copy., Text in Latin, Greek and Hebrew., Printer's device on title page; headpiece and initial., Thesis (doctoral)--Helmstedt, 1708 (J.F. Heine, author and respondent)., Includes bibliographical references.

: Adelsdocumente österreichischer Alchemisten und die Abbildung einiger Medaillen alchemistischen Ursprunges, Die; Von dr. Alexander Bauer ... mit 2 Zinkotypien und 5 Lichtdruckfafeln.

: Albert Magnus De secretis mulierum; Engraved title page. Michaelis Scoti Libellus de secretis naturae : p. 219-358., Also attributed to Albertus de Saxonia.

: Allgemeine prophetische Auslegung; nach dem schriftlichen Text frei bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Friedrich Lencke., Imprint information from last page. Aby Warburg's copy.