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The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft: Wherein is Affirmed That There Are Many Sorts of Deceivers and Impostors, and Divers Persons Under a Passive Delusion of Melancholy and Fancy

wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy : but that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved : wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions, the nature of astral and sydereal spirits, the force of charms, and philters, with other abstruse matters

Also known as The displaying of supposed witchcraft

by John Webster & Jonas Moore

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"Imprimatur, July 29, 1676. Jonas Moore, soc. Regiae Vice-Praeses."--Page facing title page Signatures: pi⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y⁴(-2Y4) Woodcut headpiece; printed marginal notes NLM copy 1, imperfect: corner of p. 117-118 torn away and repaired without text replacement NLM copy 2, imperfect: first leaf (imprimatur statement) wanting NLM copy 2, occasional marginal ms. annotations, in chapters 1-2 ESTC Krivatsy, P. NLM 17th cent. Wellcome cat. of printed books Wing Microfilm Condition reviewed digitized

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Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and online-books-page 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 Internet Archive
    • “Witchcraft”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Witchcraft”· in title
    • “witches”· in subtitle
    • “Witchcraft”· in alternative title
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page matched “Angels”. Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the subtitle, “Angels” in the subject metadata, and “Angels” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Angels”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Angels”· in subtitle
    • “Angels”· in subject
    • “Angels”· in edition subtitle

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wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy : but that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body, has carnal copulation, or that witches are turned into cats, dogs, raise tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved : wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions, the nature of astral and sydereal spirits, the force of charms, and philters, with other abstruse matters

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: Printed by J. M., 1677

1677—English—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary; usnationallibraryofmedicine
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BT965 .C25 T4 1678
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Printed by J. M., 1677
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