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Lot 134
Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Curiosa] F(orsyth)., J.S. Demonologia; or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity, Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, & Imposture, as Connected With the Doctrine, Caballa, and Jargon, of Amulets, Apparitions, Astrology, Charms, Demonology, Devils...
London: Printed for A.K. Newman and Co., 1831. Second edition. 12mo. xvi, 438 pp., including half-title. Illustrated with a folding etched frontispiece with aquatint. Original printed boards, wear and losses to spine but sound; text partially unopened; light scattered spotting to text.
A handsome and unsophisticated copy in original boards of this scarce second edition of Forsyth's exposé on all things occult, including sections on demons, devils, astrology, magic, witchcraft, sorcery, Hell, and much more.