Martin del Rio

MARTÍN DEL RIO (1551-1608).
"Disquisitionum Magicarum Libri Sex. Quibus continetur accurata curiosarum artium, & vanarum superstitionum confutatio, vtilis Theologis, Iurisconsultis, Medicis, Philologis ".
Printer: Apud Iuntas. Venice, 1652.
It has parchment covers.
In good condition.
Measurements: 22.5 x 18 x 5.5 cm.
Martin del Rio was a Dutch Jesuit theologian. He studied in numerous institutions and obtained a master's degree in law in Salamanca in 1574. After a period of political service in the Spanish Netherlands, he became a Jesuit in 1580. He studied or taught at Jesuit colleges throughout Catholic Europe, including Bordeaux, Douai, Graz, Mainz, Louvain, and Salamanca. He was a friend of the Flemish humanist Justus Lipsius, a relative of Michel de Montaigne and an enemy of the Protestant scholar Joseph Scaliger. He was the author of a large number of books, including classical commentaries and works of biblical exegesis. However, he remains best known for his Magical Investigations in six volumes (1599-1600), a work on magic, superstition and witchcraft.