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SCOT, REGINALD. The Discoverie of Witchcraft. 1584. With the 2 unnumbered leaves of conjuring illustrations possibly in facsimile.

SCOT, REGINALD. The Discoverie of Witchcraft. 4 full-page illustrations of conjuring tricks; one text illustration; 11 astrological and occult text diagrams. [28], 352, [4], 353-560, [16] pages, with the 2 unnumbered leaves of full-page illustrations supplied and possibly in facsimile. 4to, 201x137 mm, modern blind-tooled calf in 17th-century style; intermittent soiling, scattered ink blots and dark stains, particularly in middle of volume, old inscriptions on recto and verso of title, some scrawls and marginalia elsewhere, the 2 unnumbered leaves toned and soiled with blank lower margins restored to size. tall copy./span (London: William Brome), 1584

  • Notes: first edition. "the first discourse on witchcraft and conjuring tricks in english, exposing the illusions of supernatural phenomena and the cruelties of Elizabethan witch trials in a vast, skeptical, and humane treatise" (DLB). Norman 1915; Toole Stott 618 ("the keystone of a conjuring collection"); STC/Luborsky & Ingram 21864.

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