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Scot's discovery of witchcraft : proving the common opinions of witches contracting with divels, 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,... Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599

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Ornamented initials; marginal notations; organized into books and chapters ; includes index. Pagination inconsistent

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Title
Scot's discovery of witchcraft : proving the common opinions of witches contracting with divels, 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 lewde unchristian practices of witchmongers upon aged, melancholy, ignorant, and superstious [sic] people in extorting confessions by inhumane terrors and tortures is notably detected ... : whereunto is added, a treatise upon the nature, and substance of spirits and divels &c
Alternate Title
Discoverie of witchcraft
Creator
Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599
Publisher
[London] : [publisher not identified]
Date Created
1584
Date Issued
1651
Description
Ornamented initials; marginal notations; organized into books and chapters ; includes index. Pagination inconsistent
Extent
26 unnumbered pages, 401, that is, 399 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subject
Witchcraft--Early works to 1800; Magic--Early works to 1800; Demonology--Early works to 1800
Person Or Corporation
Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599
Genre
Manuscripts
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references

Printed by R.C. and are to be sold by Giles Calvert, dwelling at the Black Spread-Eagle at the Weft-end of Pauls.
Identifier
BF1565 .S4 1651; BF1565_S4_1651
Collection
Western Manuscripts And Early Printed Books
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. BF1565 . S4 1651
Date Available
2017-12-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.ubc.ca
Catalogue Record
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=3106005
DOI
10.14288/1.0361551
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.ubc.ca