A discourse on witchcraft. Occasioned by a bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James I, intituled An act against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits

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18th century
Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of A discourse on witchcraft. Occasioned by a bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James I, intituled An act against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits (1736). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic, Demonology, angelology, and possession

Subjects: Occultism, Witchcraft, Demonology, United Kingdom, Great Britain. Act against conjuration, witchcraft and dealing with evil and wicked spirits

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Witchcraft and folk magic
Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “Witchcraft” in the edition title.
- “Witchcraft”· in title
- “Witchcraft”· in subject
- “Witchcraft”· in edition title
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata.
- “demonology”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Demonology”· in subject

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 47 pages ; (8vo)	1736	Printed for J. Read ..., and sold by the booksellers and pamphlet-shops of London and Westminster	English	—	Public digitized item	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)