The Geography of Witchcraft.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1927. First UK edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. [x] + 624pp. + 16pp. ads. Original navy cloth lettered in gilt on spine, gilt symbol on front board. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Index. Regarded by Summers as a "complementary volume" to his 'History of Witchcraft and Demonology,' he offers a detailed region by region survey of the "witchcraft epidemic" or witch craze as it effected Greece and Rome, England, Scotland, New England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Cloth a bit rubbed and with a few light marks, some chafing and hint of bruising at corners. Darkened and a little wrinkeled rectangle on front free endpaper (presumably from removal of a bookplate), page edges foxed, first half-dozen leaves, including frontispiece, browned, occasional moderate foxing throughout. Otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG or better copy (no dust jacket). Item #62807
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