ESSAYS IN PETTO
Book Details + Condition: The Fortune Press (London). First Edition, 1928 (nd). Hardcover with dust jacket. 183 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece. The book is a collection of essays on Gothic romance and literature by English author and expert on all things supernatural and occult, Montague Summers. He explores the work of notable writers including Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Byron, and others. Summers (1880–1948) was an English clergyman and author best known for his scholarly work and studies on supernatural entities including werewolves, vampires, and witches. Notably, he produced the first English translation of the infamous 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the “Malleus Maleficarum”. Notable writers included in Summers' examination:
- Ann Radcliffe
- Jane Austen
- Byron's "Lovely Rosa"
- The Marquis De Sade
- Pepys' "Doll Common"
- The Source of Southerne's "The Fatal Marriage"
- Mystical Substitution
- S. Catherine of Siena
- And much more.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards; chafed spine ends; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; foxing to front and rear endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows significant wear - it has missing paper from spine, and there is (very old) tape present; it has discoloration present, mainly to rear.
