Shelfmark
Gc.5.14
Author
Title
Scots discovery of vvitchcraft: proving the common opinions of witches contracting with devils, spirits, or familiars; and their power to kill, torment, and consume the bodies of men, women and children, or other creatures by diseases or otherwise; their flying in the air, &c. to be but imaginary erronious conceptions and novelties; wherein also, the lewd unchristian practises of witchmongers, upon aged, melancholy, ignorant, and superstitious people in extorting confessions, by inhumane terrors and tortures is notably detected. Also The knavery and confederacy of conjurors. The impious blashpemy of enchanters. The imposture of soothsayers, and infidelity of atheists. The delusion of pythonists, figure-casters, astrologers, and vanity of dreamers. The fruitlesse beggerly art of alchimistry. The horrible art of poisoning and all the tricks and conveyances of juggling and liegerdemain are fully deciphered. With many other secrets opened that have long lain hidden: though very necessary to be known for the undeceiving of judges, justices, and juries, and for the preservation of poor, aged, deformed, ignorant people; frequently taken, arraigned, condemned and executed for witches, when according to a right understanding, and a good conscience, physick, food, and necessaries should be administred to them. Whereunto is added, a Treatise upon the nature and substance of spirits and devils, &c. all written and published in Anno 1584. By Reginald Scot, Esquire..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by E. Cotes and are to be sold by Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little-Britain,, 1654..
Physical description
[26], 401, [19] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
On title page, a left-facing brace joins "The knavery and confederacy ... fully deciphered."
Note
Table of contents (The summe of every chapter contained in the sixteene books of this discovery, with the discourse of divels and spirits annexed thereunto.): p. [2]-[19] at end.
Note
Signatures: pi1 A⁴ a⁴ B-3E⁴.
Note
Title framed in double rule.
Note
Includes head- and foot-pieces.
Note
Includes marginal notes.
Citation/references note
Wing, S944
Citation/references note
ESTC, R17916
Provenance
Booklabel of Nicholas Mann recording bequest to Eton College in 1754.
Provenance
Ownership inscription at head of title: "Wm Turner" [William Turner].
Provenance
Ms. armorial device (three Catherine wheels) on verso of title page.
Binding
Rebound in 20th century goatskin with blind double fillet decorations; smooth spine; retained printed waste used as endpapers in original binding (blackletter leaves of statutes with running title "Anno. XXXII. Henrici Octavi"), with ms. note of ?price paid and date "5 Aprill 1655".
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Di.8.23.
Subject
Witchcraft Early works to 1800.
Subject
Demonology Early works to 1800.
Subject
Magic Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Cotes, E. (Ellen) printer.
Added entry--name
Williams, Thomas, ? - d. 1678? bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B10557