King James’ Dæmonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue. Divided into Three Bookes. 1597.
"Emerald City" [ Seattle WA ]: Ouroboros Press [ Ars Obscura Bindery ], 2013. Limited, Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 120pp. Strikingly bound by Ars Obscura Bindery with white snakeskin spine over fine black cloth covered boards. Gilt bordered raised bands and gilt lettered black leather spine label embellish the spine, gilt ouroboros device to both boards. Matching marbled endpapers, sewn. This copy is one of no more than 25 copies bound thus, of the total produced (there was also a black leather edition limited to 45 copies, along with the standard cloth-bound edition which comprised the remainder of the total 606 copies). A work first printed by Robert Walde-graue in 1597. From the publisher: "Readers familiar with the King James Bible will find this book on Demonology and Witchcraft of significant interest. The Daemonologie of King James came about due to the involvement of James VI of Scotland in the North Berwick witch trials. While traveling by ship the King's journey was beset with an unexpected storm at sea which nearly sank the vessel and greatly delayed the voyage. The Danish admiral of the accompanying fleet blamed it on the wife of a Copenhagen official claiming it was revenge for an ill remark he had made to her. This led to the first major persecution of witches in Scotland. Many were investigated and confessions extracted by torture and provided damning details of Sorcery, Devilry and fantastic reports of the Witches Sabbath. The results of those confessions serve as a foundation of James' text Daemonologie and he here explicates them in the form of three dialogues.. includes the details of the Witches Sabbath." "As new" - thus in Fine condition. Item #67772
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