[15], 346, [4] pp. ([A]4, a4, B-2Y4). (Folio) 35.6x23 cm (14x9¼"), speckled and paneled calf, raised bands, morocco lettering piece. First Edition, large paper copy. John Webster (1610-1682) was an English clergyman, physician and chemist with occult interests, a proponent of astrology and a skeptic about witchcraft. In this book, there is implication that deceptive techniques, such as sleight of hand, might be responsible for supposed supernatural occurrences, as in the title of Chap. XII, "If the Devil, or Witches have power to perform strange things, whether they do not bring them to pass by meer natural means, or otherwise..." Caillet 11366. MacPhail, Alchemy and the Occult, 133/ NLM/Krivatsy 12612. Norman Library 2191. Wing W1230.
[15], 346, [4] pp. ([A]4, a4, B-2Y4). (Folio) 35.6x23 cm (14x9¼"), speckled and paneled calf, raised bands, morocco lettering piece. First Edition, large paper copy. John Webster (1610-1682) was an English clergyman, physician and chemist with occult interests, a proponent of astrology and a skeptic about witchcraft. In this book, there is implication that deceptive techniques, such as sleight of hand, might be responsible for supposed supernatural occurrences, as in the title of Chap. XII, "If the Devil, or Witches have power to perform strange things, whether they do not bring them to pass by meer natural means, or otherwise..." Caillet 11366. MacPhail, Alchemy and the Occult, 133/ NLM/Krivatsy 12612. Norman Library 2191. Wing W1230.
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