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Title The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practices of Pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of Alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueiances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered. And many other things opened, which have long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne. : Heerevnto is added a treatise vpon the nature and substance of spirits and diuels, &c: / all latelie written by Reginald Scot. Esquire
Imprint Imprinted at London : by William Brome., 1584


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Physical description [28], 560, [16] p. : diagrs., ill. ; (4to)
Note Place and publisher cited from colophon
Signatures: A⁸B⁶C-U⁸2A-2D⁸*²2E-2S⁸
Verso of t.p. (prelim. p. [2]) is blank
Initials; head- and tail-pieces; black-letter type
"A discourse vpon diuels and spirits"--P. 489-560
Index: [16] p. at end
References STC (2nd ed.) 21864
Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books p. 47-62
Hall, T.H. Bib. of books on conjuring 247
Author, etc. Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599.
Topic-LCSH Demonology.
Topic-MESH Witchcraft.
Magic.
System no. .b13134103
Publication place England London
Record no. 8490023
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