A History of Magic and Experimental Science: The Sixteenth Century, Volume VI

Lynn Thorndike's weighty, hefty, large work on western esotericism is the indispensable accoutrement of every serious library that engages the history of science, magic, or indeed thought. A monument of learning scientifically marshalled.

Volume VI has got the following:

Contents
Abbreviations
XXXI. Post-copernican Astronomy
XXXII. The New Stars
XXXIII. Astrology After 1550
XXXIV. The Catholic Reaction: Index, Inquisition, And Papal Bulls
XXXV. Adversaries Of Astrology
XXXVI. Medicine After 1550
XXXVII. Libavius And Chemical Controversy
XXXVIII. The Sixteenth Century Naturalists
XXXIX. The Lore Of Gems
XL. Cesalpino's View Of Nature
XLI. Efforts Towards A Christian Philosophy Of Nature
XLII. For And Against Aristotle
XLIII. Natural Philosophy And Natural Magic
XLIV. Mystic Philosophy: Words And Numbers …
XLV. Divination
XLVI. The Literature Of Witchcraft And Magic After Wier
XLVII. The Sceptic And The Atheist: Francesco Sanchez And Lucilio Vanini
XLVIII. Summary And By-products
Appendices
Genitures Of Men Of Learning
Zimara And The Trinum Magicum
Printers Of The Sixteenth Century