[CLEF DE SAINT HUBERT]. - Lot 68

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[CLEF DE SAINT HUBERT]. - Lot 68
[CLEF DE SAINT HUBERT]. Instruction for the Use of the Keys of Saint Hubert [Liège], [1740, circa]. AGAINST RABIES: SUPERSTITIOUS PROPHYLAXIS NECESSARY FOR ALL FOLLOWERS OF SAINT HUBERT Folder, small folio (345 x 220mm). Woodcut frame and initials. "Iron horns, ordinarily called Clefs de Saint Hubert, touched to the holy Star, & blessed under the customary prayers, have the virtue of preserving animals from rabies (...) they die peacefully without offending others", follows a whole sympathetic and superstitious prophylaxis to prevent the spread of rabies.
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