The Superstitions of Witchcraft.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 278pp. + 32pp. ads & index. Recent red pebbled cloth lettered in gilt on spine. An intelligent and well-put together history of beliefs about Witchcraft, from the ancient Near East to Eighteenth Century Europe. The author has much dispassionate insight into the subject, and makes cogent observations on points such as the conflation of witchcraft with other heresies by the early Church, which though now considered commonplace, were not widely discussed at the time. Mid-twentieth century cloth binding clean and bright with just a bit of light rubbing to points and edges, page edges darkened, contemporary owner's name on half title page, pages a bit browned with some light scattered foxing and browning, a bit of darkening and chipping to extreme lower edges of pages at rear - a very few scattered pencil marks to text (less than 20), tape repair to one index page at rear. Still - overall a tight, clean VG copy. (no dust jacket). Item #64536
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