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The Famous history of the Lancashire witches. :Shewing, their manner of becoming such; of their enchantments, spells, revels, merry pranks, ... With the love and humour of Roger and Dorothy. To which is added, A treatise on witches in general

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  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English

Description

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of The Famous history of the Lancashire witches. :Shewing, their manner of becoming such; of their enchantments, spells, revels, merry pranks, ... With the love and humour of Roger and Dorothy. To which is added, A treatise on witches in general (1770). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic

Subjects: Witchcraft, England, 1701-1800, Specimens, Lancashire, Lancashire (England), Chapbooks, Scottish

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “witches” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “witches” in the edition title.

    • witchcraft· via National Library of Scotland
    • witches· in title
    • Witchcraft· in subject
    • witches· in edition title

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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National Bibliography of Scotland record

"Adorned with cuts"--t.p; 12⁰; 24 p; ill. (woodcuts); Omitted portion of title: "... raising storms and tempests, riding on winds entertainments and frolicks that have happened amongst them. ..."; One of the woodcuts was also used by A. Robertson in Edinburgh

Printed this present year. [Between ca. 1770 and 1790?][s.nEnglishCatalog record

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Identifiers & provenance

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Identifiers

National Library of Scotland
  • T300456

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Catalog id
national-library-of-scotland:T300456
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