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SCOT, Reginald (1538 – 99). The Discovery of Witchcraft. London: Printed for A. Clark, and are to be sold by Dixy Page at the Turks-Head …, 1665. THIRD EDITION, first issue. Paneled calf stamped and ruled in blind, with gilt-lettered spine label. Including the famous wood-engraved illustrations of conjuring apparatus and the decapitation illusion. 10 leaves, 1 – 292, 6 leaves, title leaf, 1 – 72, 1 leaf, with pagination errors as noted in Toole Stott. 4to. Armorial bookplate of John Fall, Dawes bookplate to rear pastedown. Spine chipped, inked marginalia and foxing to prelims, scattered spotting, soiling, and faint penciled marginalia throughout, a few dog-ears, front joint cracked; good or better.
An attractive example of this classic work including some of the earliest explanations in English of conjuring tricks and their secrets. Toole Stott 620.