A treatise of specters, or, Straunge sights, visions, and apparitions appearing sensibly vnto men

wherein is delivered the nature of spirites, angels, and divels, their power and properties : as also of witches, sorcerers, enchanters, and such like : with a table of the contents of the severall chapters annexed in the end of the booke : newly done out of French into English

by Pierre Le Loyer, Thomas Pennant Barton, Queen Catherine de Medicis, King of England James I, Zachary Jones, Matthew Lownes & Valentine Simmes

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17th century
Language: English
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A translation by Zachary Jones of: Loyer, Pierre le. Discours des spectres, ou visions et apparitions d'esprits, comme anges, demons, at ames, se monstrans visibles aux hommes Epistle of the author signed: Peter de Loier This edition exists in two states: one without the translator's name (Zacharie Iones) at the end of the dedication on A3r and one with the translator's name at the bottom of that leaf. Consult STC Signatures: Áþ áþ B-2Óþ 2P℗ø Title page vignette; headpieces; initials Errata leaf at end Printed marginalia in English, Latin, and Greek Dedications to Catherine de Medicis and King James I Includes bibliographical references Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection Coumont, J.-P. Demonology and witchcraft: an annotated bibliography (2004) English short title catalogue Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) Cataloged Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early, limp vellum with fore-edge cover extensions. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown as is an auctioneer's description from the Puttick & Simpson sale of May 25, 1859

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Occultism and esotericism, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Occultism and esotericism
Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the subject metadata.
- “supernatural”· in subject
Witchcraft and folk magic
Retained metadata contains “witches” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the description, and “witches” in the edition subtitle.
- “witches”· in subtitle
- “Witchcraft”· in description
- “witches”· in edition subtitle
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the subtitle, “Demonology” in the description, “demons” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “Angels”· in subtitle
- “Demonology”· in description
- “demons”· in description
- “Demonology”· in subject
- “Angels”· in edition subtitle
Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary matched “Apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the title, “Apparitions” in the description, “Apparitions” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Apparitions”· via Open Library
- “Apparitions”· in title
- “Apparitions”· in description
- “Apparitions”· in subject
- “Apparitions”· in edition title

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
wherein is delivered the nature of spirites, angels, and divels, their power and properties : as also of witches, sorcerers, enchanters, and such like : with a table of the contents of the severall chapters annexed in the end of the booke : newly done out of French into English Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan	1605	At London : Printed by Val[entine]. S[immes]. for Mathew Lownes; Printed by Val[entine]. S[immes]. for Mathew Lownes	English	—	Public digitized item	Open Library (opens in a new tab) Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)