Title: THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY
Author: Montague Summers
Publisher: Alfred Knopf
City: New YorkYear: 1926 (First Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 353, with Bibliography and Index, and advertisements for other History of Civilization works at end
Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: A classic first edition from 1926 on witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, neuromancy, damnation, satanism and every kind of magic and occult written by a notable scholar in the field, Montague Summers. (Part of the History of Civilization series.) The work also features colorful, little-known anecdotes about witches, devils, and their arts — as well as numerous historical accounts of witch trials and the role of witches in literature. Illustrated throughout. Shelfwear to boards; bumped & rubbed corners, spine edges and ends; stamps on text blocks; old erasing on bottom of title page; the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked.