Scot's Discovery of witchcraft

proving the common opinions of witches contracting with divels ... to be ... erronious conceptions ... wherein also, the ... practises of witchmongers ... in extorting confessions ... is notably detected ... Whereunto is added, a treatise upon the nature, and substance of spirits and divels &c

Also known as Discoverie of witchcraft

by Reginald Scot

First published:
17th century
Language: English

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

Subjects: Magic, Witchcraft, Demonology

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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
Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.
- “Magic”· in subject
Witchcraft and folk magic
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “witches” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the alternative title, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
- “witchcraft”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Witchcraft”· in title
- “witches”· in subtitle
- “Witchcraft”· in alternative 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

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

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
proving the common opinions of witches contracting with divels ... to be ... erronious conceptions ... wherein also, the ... practises of witchmongers ... in extorting confessions ... is notably detected ... Whereunto is added, a treatise upon the nature, and substance of spirits and divels &c Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 26 unnumbered pages, 401 (i.e. 399), 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 18 cm (4to)	1651	Printed by Richard Cotes	English	—	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)