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. by SCOT, Reginald.: - 1665

London, Printed for A[ndrew] Clark, and are to be sold by Dixy Page at the Turks-Head, 1665.. 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. WHEREIN LIKEWISE The Unchristian Practices and Inhumane Dealings of Searchers and Witch-tryers upon Aged, Melancholly, and Superstitious people, ... are notably detected. ..And the Knavery of Juglers, Conjurers, Charmers, Soothsayers, Figure-Casters, Dreamers, Alchymists and Philterers; with many other things that have long lain hidden...... IN SIXTEEN BOOKS ......Whereunto is added An excellent Discourse of the Nature and Substance of Devils and Spirits, IN TWO BOOKS: The First by the aforesaid Author: the Second now added in this Third Edition, as Succedaneous to the Former, and conducing to the compleating of the Whole Work: with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth book of the Discovery. THIRD EDITION 1665. LACKS HALF TITLE AS OFTEN. 4to bound in eights, approximately 285 x 170 mm, 11 x 7 inches, 20 wood cuts of varying sizes, decorated initials, pages: [16], 1-292, [12] Contents; title page for second part, 1-72, [2] final contents leaf at end is a very good FACSIMILE, bound in full modern mottled calf, panelled in blind, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, with gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers, housed in a repaired dark blue drop down cloth box, bookplate to first pastedown of Charles N. Dietz, President of the Omaha Public Library Board from 1912 to 1930. Binding slightly rubbed, top edge and corner of title page has a brown stain and a neat repair on blank side, three leaves, 56, 71 & 161 have a small hole, on 56 affecting 1 word on verso, on 71 just touching letters but no loss, on 161 affecting 1 letter, all easily understood, several small brown spots, occasional pale staining, a small closed tear to a few margins, nowhere near text, last page 192 has narrow repairs to top and bottom edges, facsimile Contents page to last part as already mentioned, otherwise a very good copy. PAGE 194 MENTIONS THE MAKING OF A FLICK BOOK OR BLOW BOOK, (see attached image). See: Toole-Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring, page 206, No. 620; Trevor Hall, A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, page 76, No. 251; Sotheby's J. B. Finlay Collection, Part 2, No 595; Sotheby's, Witchcraft and the Occult, Robert Lenkiewicz Collection, No. 287; ESTC R39108. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.