Skip to content
Libra Esoterica

Discouerie of witchcraft

wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coiurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of Pythonists, the curiositie of figure casters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of Alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueiances of Legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered and many other things opened which have long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne. Heerevnto is added a treatise vpon the nature and substance of spirits and diuels &c. all latelie written.

Also known as The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of Pythonists, the curiositie of figure casters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of Alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueiances of Legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered and many other things opened which have long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne. Heerevnto is added a treatise vpon the nature and substance of spirits and diuels &c. all latelie written.; The discoverie of witchcraft; 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

by Reginald Scot, Brinsley Nicholson (Editor), Mcmanus-Young Collection, Alfred Baldwin & John Davis Batchelder Collection

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Juvenile
Read free

Description

Description from Library of Congress (opens in a new tab)

"A discourse concerning the nature and substance of devils and spirits" (72, [1] p. at end) has special t.p. "A catalogue of authors used in this book": p. [11]-[12] (1st group) Errors in paging. "Ex libris Alfred Baldwin." Without the Discourse in two books. Wing, S945A. LAC ecr 2018-08-16 LAC Review Completed 2018-08-28 LAC iak 2018-08-28

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-title-seed and project-gutenberg matched “magic” and “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “The Discoverie of Witchcraft” in the alternative title, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and “The Discoverie of Witchcraft” in the edition title.

    • “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “magic”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”· in alternative title
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”· in edition title
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary, openlibrary-title-seed, and project-gutenberg matched “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”, “Witchcraft”, and “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “witches” in the subtitle, “The Discoverie of Witchcraft” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “witchcraft”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Witchcraft”· in title
    • “witches”· in subtitle
    • “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”· in alternative title
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from library-of-congress, openlibrary, and project-gutenberg matched “demonology” and “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata.

    • “demonology”· via Library of Congress
    • “Demonology”· via Open Library
    • “demonology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Demonology”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

Read & download

Free, public copies reported by our sources. Links open the source directly.

Not yet in passage search

Pro research answers quote indexed passages. Ask the library to index this book’s public text.

marks a direct file download. Rights vary by country; each source states its own terms.

Buy or borrow

Links to ISBN 0486228800; other editions may be cheaper. WorldCat shows libraries near you that hold a copy.

Editions

Open Library reports 16 editions; 5 cataloged here.

The discoverie of witchcraft

HathiTrust catalog record

1930———Public view

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

Library of Congress digitized edition

1665—English—Public digital item

The discoverie of witchcraft

1886Elliot StockEnglish—Public

Subjects

6 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

ISBN-13
ISBN-10
LCCN
OCLC
Open Library work
Project Gutenberg
Internet Archive
HathiTrust
Library of Congress
  • 59059328
  • 76363507
Open Library work (alias)

Cataloged from

Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 16 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL3857396W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
Retrieved