| A Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts on Witchcraft and the Second Sight |
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Author |
| David Webster |
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Publisher |
| Not Stated |
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Published |
| 1820 |
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First Edition |
| yes |
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Printed for D Webster, Edinburgh |
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Dust
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| no |
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D. Webster, Edinburgh, 1820. Scarce first edition. Full-leather binding with tight deep grain running across the boards - front board detached. 183 pages. The leather binding is aged but in very good condition, except that the front board is detached. Titling on the spine is now hard to read. All content present. binding is tight and square with no loose pages or sections. A small amount of light foxing to the prelims. All pages are good throughout. A good scarce first edition.
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This volume according to John Ferguson in his "Bibliographical Notes on the Witchcraft Literature of Scotland" (Edinburgh, 1896-97) "is one of the best of the reprints of rare witchcraft tracts." (See Lea, note p.1331).
Contains:
An Original essay on witchcraft
News from Scotland declaring the damnable life of Doctor Fian a notable sorcerer
Account of the foregoing transactions extracted from Sir James Melvil"s memoires
Extracts from King James"s Daemonology
An Answer of a letter from a gentleman in fiefe
An Account of a horrid and barbarous murder
A Just reproof to the false reports and unjust calumnies, in the foregoing letters
A Copy of the indictment of the witches at Borrowstouness
The Confessions of Helen Taylor in Eyemouth
The Disposition of Memie Halaburtoun
The declaration of John Kincaid
The Trial of William Coke and Alison Dick, for witchcraft
Minutes and proceedings of the session of Torryburn, in Fifeshire, concerning witchcraft
A Discourse concerning second sight. |
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