[Rarebooks] FS: Commentary on early mystical prophesies regarding the Popes. w/31 woodcuts. Cologne: 1570

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Scalichius, Paulus (or, Scaliger, Paul). ...PRIMI TOMI MISCELLANEORUM... Effigies ac Exemplar, Nimirum Vaticinorum & Imaginum Joachimi Abbatis Florensis... & Anselmi Episcopi Marischani... Quae Nuper Nomine Theophrastus Paracelsi in Lucem Prodijt, Pseudomagicam Expositionem, Vera, Certa & Indubitata Explanatio. Cologne: Ex Officina Typographica Theodori Graminaei. 1570. First edition. 4to. (12),152pp. Woodcut device on title. Text illustrated with 31 large (4" x 4") woodcuts, each within a decorative border. The final woodcut being an image of Martin Luther with a devil on his shoulders. Orig. limp vellum. Top of spine with a 1/2" chip and a few other minor chips. Some minor text soiling. Very scarce.    $3,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Scalichius' commentary on the "Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus" along with his review of the criticism of Paracelsus' book on the same work. The "Vaticinia" has been in the past wrongly attributed to the 12th century mystic Joachim of Fiore, now referred to as Pseudo-Joachim, of Fiore. The text is a mystical series of 30 prophecies regarding the Popes, which mix fantasy, the occult and history. Each prophecy consists of four elements: an enigmatic allegorical text; an emblematic picture (the 31 highly symbolic woodcuts); a motto; and an attribution to a pope. Adams S555, BL German STC p. 782.

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