The discovery of witchcraft : proving, that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars, are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals, by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations ... / by Reginald Scot Esquire ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599.

Contributor:

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Early works to 1800.

Witchcraft.

Magic--Early works to 1800.

Magic.

Demonology--Early works to 1800.

Demonology.

Penn Provenance:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

20 unnumbered pages, 292 pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 72 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm (folio)

Edition:

Third edition.

Fingerprint:

ndct i-a- t.ct veSa (3) 1665 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Andrew Clark, and are to be sold at Mris. Cotes's near the Golden-Ball in Aldersgatestreet, 1665.

Notes:

A variant of the edition with "Dixy Page" in the imprint.

With a vertical half-title.

"A discourse concerning the nature and substance of devils and spirits" has special t.p., with imprint "printed in the year M.DC.LXV.", and begins new pagination with quire 3A.

With a final contents leaf.

Signatures: pi1 a-b⁴ B-2B⁶ 2C-2D⁴ 3A-3F⁶ 3G².

Local Notes:

Lea Library copy has the bookplate and autograph, dated 1885, of Henry Charles Lea.

Lea Library copy has ms. notes in pencil on front free end paper; recto: "Scarce - nearly the whole edition destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666-", verso: "Perfect"

Lea Library copy contains scrap of paper between pages 40 and 41 bearing ms. notes in English and a partial stamp.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S945A

ESTC R020054

Contains:

Discourse concerning the nature and substance of devils and spirits.

OCLC:

78741315