De betoverde weereld - Bekker, Balthasar (Amsterdam Van Den Dalen, 1691)
Manifesto of radical Enlightenment.
Balthasar Bekker (20 March 1634 – 11 June 1698) was a Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works. Opposing superstition, he was a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe.
4 volumes in 2, with the author's signature on all four volumes below 'Beright'
Newspaper articles (in Dutch) on Balthasar Bekker and Agrippa von Nettesheim included in front of the first book
Zynde een grondig ondersoek van 't gemeen gevoelen aangaande de geesten, deselver aart en vermogen, bewind en bedrijf als ook 't gene de menschen door derselver kraght en gemeenschap doen
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Philosophy; Enlightenment; Esotericism