'There is enduring interest in Renaissance magic, and scholars will be deeply in the debt of Vittoria Perrone Compagni for providing this splendid new edition of so important a work.'Alastair Hamilton, Heythrop Journal, 1994.'...is a long...critical edition of one of the most important Renaissance works on magic.'Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 1994.'...an edition of the highest caliber.'Robert Mathiesen, Gnosis Magazine, 1994.'Das besondere Verdienst der neuen Ausgabe besteht m.E. allerdings in der Identifikation und dem Nachweis der Quellen, auf die sich Agrippa stützt.'Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philologie und Theology, 1995.'A major work of Renaissance scholarship beautifully achieved.'Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, 1993.'...this work will have a serious impact on early modern scholarship. ...Perrone Compagni's edition is a work of high scholarship upon which much future research can be built.'William Newman, ISIS, 1995.