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

: Himmelswanderung und Drachenkampf in der alchemistischen und frühchristlichen Literatur; Offprint from: Festschrift Friedrich Carl Andreas z. Vollendung d. 70. Lebensjahres am 14. April 1916 dargebracht v. Freunden u. Schülern. 1916.

: Historia deorum fatidicorum, vatum, sybillarum, phoebadum; Praeposita est disertatio de divinatione & oraculis.

: History and poetry of finger-rings; with a preface by R. H. Stoddard.

: History of the Devil, The; First published by T. Warner in 1726 under the title: The political history of the Devil., Signatures: ap4s, A-Pp12s, Qp2s; Ab3s missigned Bb3s., Verso of title page blank., Double page spreads, p. 2/3-170/171, have headline: The HISTORY / of the DEVIL; p. 174/175-262/263 have: The Modern History / of the DEVIL.

: Idee von der Ablösung der Weltreiche in eschatologischer Beleuchtung ..., Die; Offprint from: Historisches Jahrbuch. 19. 1898.

: Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum, Der; aus zumeist gleichzeitigen Schriften erläutert vom Oberlehrer Heinrich Albin Saupe., Programm--Leipzig. Aby Warburg's copy, Cover-title.

: Inquisitio in oracula sibyllarum de Christo, occasione orationis anno 1662...; p.50-55 repeated, 91-100 omitted in pagn.

: Ioannis Avrelii Avgvrelli P. Ariminensis Chrysopoeiae libri III; Warburg Institute copy lacks the final 19 leaves, containing the Geronticon. Aby Warburg's copy, Imprint from colophon.

: Isaaci Vossii De Sibyllinis aliisque Christi natalem praecessere oraculis; "Venales prostant apud Mosem Pit ad insigne Angeli in Coemiterio Divi Pauli Londini"--t.-p.., Admonendus est lector haec quae sequuntur serius ad nostras pervenisse manus; nec ideo potuisse suo quo debebant loco inseri, cum jam antea reliquus liber excusus esset; quare pag. 19. v. 26. post evincerent exemplaribus adde: prelims., p. [9-11]., Books sold by Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls Church-yard in London: p. [102-104]., Errata: p. [105], 2nd part with added half-t.-p.: Isaaci Vossii ad objectiones nuperae criticae sacrae responsio.