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.