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Language French Publication date circa 1702 Genre Grimoire OCLC 164442497 | 4.2/5 Goodreads Subject magic Originally published 1782 Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author Original title Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle et cabalistique du petit Albert. Publisher Héritiers de Beringos fratres Published in english 2012 (as "The Spellbook of Marie Laveau") Similar Le grand et le petit Albert, Grand Grimoire, Grimorium Verum, Grimoire of Armadel, Arbatel de magia veterum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Petit Albert (English: Lesser Albert) is an 18th-century grimoire of natural and cabalistic magic. The Petit Albert is possibly inspired by the writings of St. Albertus Magnus. Brought down to the smallest hamlets in the saddlebags of salesmen, it represents a phenomenal publishing success, despite its evil reputation -- or because of it. It is associated with a second work, the Grand Albert. It is a composite or heterogeneous work, and perhaps a bric-a-brac, collecting texts of unequal value written by (or attributed to) various authors; most of these authors are anonymous, but some are notable such as Cardano and Paracelsus. It's a relatively old text, although the attribution to Albertus Magnus is dubious, particularly as it quotes from so many later sources.