DRAMA OF THE SIGLO DE ORO: A STUDY OF MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, AND OTHER OCCULT BELIEFS
Book Details + Condition: Hispanic Institute (New York). First edition, 1959. By Mario N. Pavia. Very scarce. Original softcover has been bound between hard paper boards. 166 pages. The first study of its kind, this work is a condensation, with additional examples, of a doctoral dissertation submitted at the University of Chicago in 1947. Contents include: Classical Witches; Magic as a Love-Promoting and Bewitchment Device; Magic Rings and Fountains; Magic in Domestic Life; Ghosts, Possession and Exorcism; Astrology and Necromancy; The Devil Pact and Witches' Sabbath; and more. In very good condition: original softcover has been protected between outer hard paper boards. Some library stamps on outer boards; faded Kent State Library stamp on text block (all sides), and on dedication page; pages are otherwise clean and free of interior markings.
