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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 figure casters, 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

by: Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599; Boston Public Library. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare

Publication date: 1584

Topics: Witchcraft, Magic, Demonology

Publisher: Imprinted at London : By William Brome.

Collection: bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Imprint from colophon, date from title page.

Signatures: A⁸ B⁶ C-U⁸ 2A-2D⁸ *² 2E-2S⁸.

Head- and tailpieces; initials.

Includes index.

"A discourse vpon diuels and spirits"--Pages 489-560.

STC (2nd ed.), 21864

ESTC S116888

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.4073.17 bound in early/contemporary mottled calfskin, rebacked in modern brown goatskin. All text block edges stained yellow, turn-ins tooled in gilt. Early autograph in upper margin of title page and early inscription at fore-edge of title page both partially trimmed away. Armorial bookplate of the Barton Library. On verso of front free endpaper" sale description by Thomas Rodd, with bibliographical inscription in the hand of Thomas Pennant Barton.