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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

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of 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). What the catalog does say:

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

Subjects: Magic, Witchcraft, Demonology

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.

  • 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 title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • witchcraft· via Wellcome Collection
    • Witchcraft· in title
    • witches· in title
    • Witchcraft· in subject
    • Witchcraft· in edition title
    • witches· in edition title
  • 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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Editions

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Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

18 unnumbered pages, 292 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 72 pages, 1 unnumbered page : woodcut illustrations & diagrams ; (folio)

1665Printed for A. Clark & D. Page and to be sold at Mris. Cotes'sEnglishCatalog record

Subjects

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wellcome:wppk9mg9
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