Bibliotheca acta & scripta magica. 2nd ed.

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Creator

Hauber, Eberhard David

Title

Bibliotheca acta & scripta magica. 2nd ed.

Coverage

Lemgo

Publisher

J. H. Meyer

Date

1738–1745

Subject

6 volumes.

Description

The detailed bibliographical entries in this influential bibliography on demonology, witchcraft, and the occult are accompanied by an extensive commentary in which the author argues vehemently against the belief in witches and other supernatural forces. The woodblock plate is from a chapter in volume one concerning written pacts between humans and the spirit world; it shows a handprint and burn marks purportedly left by a ghost to seal a pact.

Source

Purchased from the Harper Fund.