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VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION
ORIGINAL LEATHER BINDING RARE FIRST EDITION
DEMONOLOGIA or NATURAL KNOWLEDGE REVEALED Being AN EXPOSE of ANCIENT & MODERN SUPERSTITIONS , CREDULITY, FANATICISM, ENTHUSIASM, & IMPOSTURE by J. S. FORSYTH
LONDON: W. Wilson for John Bumpus. 1827. Rare First Edition. 8vo. 7.5" x 4.5" inches (LxB). Pp. xvi, (2), 438 pages + Engraved folding frontispiece, contemporary 1/2 calf leather binding over marbled boards, black lettered label on spine. Chapters on: amulets, apparitions, astrology, charms, devil, dreams, effluvia, gypsies, hell, incantations, jugglers, magicians, nymphs, purgatory, relics, salamanders, second sight, signs before death, etc. Forsyth (1822-1836] Surgeon and author of a number of medical treatises and scientific treatises mostly for popular consumption. He also translated Guzman Rolando's treatise on fencing. Coumount D47.1. Cantamessa 1559. Cornell, Witchcraft 212. Goodell 1785. Toole-Stott 828. Halkett & Lang II,37. Demonologia; or Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Expose of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity, Fanaticism, and Imposture, as Connected With the Doctrine, Caballa, and Jargon of Amulets, Apparitions, Astrology, Charms, Demonology... Witchcraft OCCULT MADNESS DEMONIC POSSESSION DEMONOLOGIA .....the whole unfolding many singular phenomena in the page of nature. PSYCHIATRIC COLLECTION. INSANITY PSYCHIC RESEARCH. A classic work. There are numerous close-up pictures of the contents given below; please click on them for a detailed description (See Scans below). Please take some time to view the 50+ pictures in detail, in order to gain a full idea of the contents and condition.
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CONDITION REPORT: A rare book in the original contemporary 1/2 calf leather binding, front board re-attached (See Scans below), some wear/tear/scuffing/chipping to covers, spine, ends & corners (See Scans below), pages with minor sporadic foxing/age toning are clean & bright (See Scans below), the binding is tight & intact (See Scans below). Previous owners small bookplate on the front pastedown. The leather is smooth & supple to the touch. (See Scans below). There are many close-up pictures for your kind perusal. Please click on any of the 50+ images above & below in the listing for enlarged close-up pictures of details, virtues & flaws (See Scans below).
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