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SCOT, Reginald (d. 1599). The Discoverie of Witchcraft. New...

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SCOT, Reginald (d. 1599). The Discoverie of Witchcraft. New York: John McArdle, 1954. Publisher?s light blue cloth over one-quarter black buckram, front board and spine stamped in gilt, with marbled endpapers (lacks original dust jacket). Color frontispiece of the Scot Family Arms behind tissue. Introduction, preface, and biography by McArdle, who printed and bound his books privately, typically in editions of fifty copies. An abridgement of the first edition of this work from 1584, reproduced in facsimile. Plates and illustrations. 8vo. Very Good.