Summer Magic Auction
Tue, Jul 24, 2018 03:10AM EDT
Lot 27
Witchcraft: or, the Art of Fortune-Telling Unveiled.
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Pinchbeck, William. Witchcraft: or, the Art of Fortune-Telling Unveiled. Boston: Printed for the Author, 1805. Quarter-calf with grey paper sides. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcuts in text. 12mo. [1 ? 5], 6, [7], 8 ? 108 pp. Large piece missing from page 17, minor offsetting and light soiling, otherwise a clean and well-preserved copy. Ex-libris Roland Winder. Toole Stott 563 (?Witchcraft is a far more scarce work than The Expositor. Reputed to be the third conjuring book published in the United States?).
