discovery witchcraft von scot reginald nicholson brinsley (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Reprint. This Bibliolife historical reproduction of the 1883 reprint of Reginald Scot Esqs 1584 work The Discovery of Witchcraft with added notes by Brinsley Nicholson M D is now in the possession of St Marys Books This reproduction is smartly bound in paperback with a photograph of water to the front and back This book contains 590 pages of text which have been enlarged from the 1883 version for better readability This book is in excellent condition and is a very clean and readable copy it would make a perfect gift for any historians of witchcraftnbsp. book.

Facsimile. Octavo, pp. 590. Reproduction of the 1886 edition. Publisher's green softcover. Some minor discolouration to lower edge of pages. Originally published 1548, "The Discoverie of Witchcraft" is an exposé on early modern witchcraft. The volume also contained a small section on how charlatans fooled the public, which is noted to be the first published material on illusions and stage magic. Scot wrote "The Discovery of Witchcraft" with the hope of preventing the persecution of vulnerable groups who were popularly accused of witchcraft, and blamed the Roman Catholic Church for the perpetuation of such wrongful convictions. Scot received widespread criticism of his work, and in fact there remains the popular belief that all obtainable copies of his work were burned upon the ascension of James I to the throne in 1603.