Marshall Rare Books
Witchcraft & Demonology
Witch trials and the occult
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée ou Explication…
Exposé of one of the first great conjurors
Dissertatio inauguralis physico-medica, de magia naturali, ejusque usu medico ad magice at magica curandum
A fascinating glimpse into the popularisation of science and its overlap with popular and practical magic.
A Defensative Against the Poyson of Supposed Prophecies
Linked to the ridolfi plot
Histoire de l’Inquisition et son origine
The historical account of the Catholic inquisition was placed on the Vatican’s prohibited book list in 1694.
A Mirror for Witches
First edition with plates by robert gibbings
De Praestigiis Daemonum, Et Incantationibus ac ueneficiis, libri V. recogniti, & ualde aucti. Authore Ioanne Vviero Graviano, illustrißimi ducis Cliuiae, Iuliae, &c. medico.
“Those who err should be brought gently home, not incarcerated with punitive ferocity.”
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[WITCHCRAFT SAMMELBAND – JOHANN WEYER]
A sammelband containing two significant works on witchcraft published by Nicolaus Basse during the height of the witch-hunts.
The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of Deceivers and Imposters. And Divers persons under a passive Delusion of Melancholy and Fancy.
A Unique Copy of an Important Work on Witchcraft
The Popular Superstitions and Festive Amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland.
Stewart’s groundbreaking work in which he attempts to systematically classify supernatural beings.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq.
First Edition of Walter Scott's popular work on witchcraft and the supernatural.
The Generall Historie of Women of the the most holy, most profane; The most Famous and Infamous in all Ages.
A very scarce work on influential women, both admired and maligned.
The Humourist. Being Essays upon Several Subjects:Treating of New-writers, Enthusiasm, Spleen, Country Entertainment, Love, History of Treatinanage, Ambition and Pride, Idlencss
Includes Reflections On Witchcraft and Ghosts
A Dialogue concerning Witches and Witchcraftes. In which is laide open how craftely the Divell deceiveth not onely the Witches but many other and so leadeth them awrie into many great errours.
Frederick North’s Copy of Gifford's Classic Work on Witchcraft
An Advertisement to the Jury-Men of England, Touching Witches. Together with a Difference between an English and Hebrew Witch.
An Unrelenting Sceptical Attack on the Covenantal Theory of Witchcraft
A Narrative of Some Extraordinary Things That Happened to Mr. Richard Giles’s Children, At The Lamb, Without Lawford-Gate, Bristol Supposed to be the Effect of Witchcraft
A Rare Account of Spirit Possession Caused by Witchcraft
Narratives from Criminal Trials in Scotland
FIRST EDITION, 2 vols bound in one, 310 +319 pp., contemporary half calf, marbled edges, 8vo, London, Chapman and Hall, 1852.