Spring Magic Auction
Tue, Apr 30, 2019 03:30AM EDT
Lot 59
Scot, Reginald. Six Leaves from Discoverie of Witchcraft.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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Scot, Reginald. Six Leaves from Discoverie of Witchcraft. [17th century]. Second Edition. Includes pp. A1, [A2, 235, 236, 397, 398, 399, 400, 477-480]. 4 pp. of woodcut astrological diagrams, 1 pp. historiated woodblock initial. Corner tears, dust soiling throughout, and chipping to edges. Considered to be the first published book on witchcraft, and is a wonderful record of superstition and belief in witchcraft, spirits, alchemy and magic in the 16th century
