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 / all latelie written by Reginald Scot. Esquire
- Author
- Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599
- Uniform Title
- Discoverie of witchcraft
- Published
- Imprinted at London : By William Brome, 1584.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (28 unnumbered pages, 352 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 353-560 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Boston Public Library. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare
Access Online
- archive.org , Free-to-read
- Restrictions on Access
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Subject(s)
- Related Titles
- Discourse upon divels and spirits
- Collection
- Open Digital Theological Library (Internet Archive)
- Note
- Place and publisher cited from colophon.
Verso of t.p. (prelim. p. [2]) is blank.
Initials; head- and tail-pieces; black-letter type.
"A discourse vpon diuels and spirits"--Page 489-560.
Index: [16] p. at end. - Reviewed/Cited In
- STC (2nd ed.), 21864
Hall, T.H. Old conjuring books, p. 47-62
Hall, T.H. Bib. of books on conjuring, 247
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