The discovery of witchcraft: proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions .... In sixteen books (1665)
Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599, Baldwin, Alfred, 1841-1908, former owner, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress), McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · London, Printed for A. Clark and to be sold at Mris. Cotes's, 1665. · leaf 8
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Demonology · Early works to 1800 · Magic · Witchcraft
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