From Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
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8vo 571pp. 250 illustrations. Book Club Edition. from front flap: "This, the most authoritative and comprehensive body of information about witchcraft and demonology ever compiled in a single volume, was written by an outstanding scholar who spent years accumulating material from the great libraries of the world. Here is a full scale compendium of fact, history and legend about every phase of this fascinating subject form its origins in medieval times to its last eruptions in the eighteenth century. Included are articles about witches' sabbat and pact, night flight and metamorphosis, incubi and succubi, verbatim reports of trials, werewolves and vampires, devils, demoniacal possession and exorcism, poltergeists, the classical demonologists, the Inquisition, how and why witches were accused, barbarous tortures, and accounts of the major witches' trials of Europe and New England. Accompanying the text are 250 illustrations, many published here for the first time, from rare books, contemporary prints and old manuscripts." #02073. Book VG: mild dust/soil to edge text block, toning/offset to endpapers and paste downs, text clean, binding tight DJ Fair: heavy chipping and creasing, edge and corner wear, not clipped. Under protective mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 2011
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology
Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: Book Club Edition.
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