Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

London: Printed for A.L. and Sold by Roger Tuckyr, 1700. Two parts in one volume. The Third Edition with Additions. 8vo. (vi), 31, (1), (vi), 53, (1), (2), 48, (3), 53, (1); (12), 175, (1), (2), 39, (1), (2), 22, 37-39, (1), (12), 16 pp. Ownership signature of English caricaturist Henry William Bunbury at top of title-page. Illustrated with an engraved title-page, engraved frontispiece, some in-text illustrations, and one engraving on Ii8r. Bound to style in full brown calf, decorated in blind, brown morocco spine label, lettered in gilt; top edge stained black, other edges trimmed; small loss in top corner F2 and F3; M1-8 toned; top edge of Hh3 repaired; scattered foxing and light toning.

Scarce copy of this important and highly popular English work on witchcraft and the supernatural. First published posthumously in 1681, Glanvil (1636-80) asserts the actual existence of witches and evil spirits, and delineates their powers and dangers through various supposed real-life and mythical accounts. Features lengthy contributions from Henry More (1614-1687) and Anthony Horneck (1641-1697), and notably contains an account of the Drummer of Tedworth, one of the earliest accounts of a poltergeist.