- Early works to 1800, Magic, Demonology, Witchcraft
A partially skeptical book published by the English gentleman Reginald Scot in 1584, intended as an exposé of medieval witchcraft. It contains a small section intended to show how the public was fooled by charlatans, which is considered the first published material on "magic" trickery.
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Cool, contemplative, classical in form and resolved.
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Reginald Scot
- First published
- 1665
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- E. Stock, Printed for A. Clark, and are to be sold by Dixy Page ..., Dover Publications
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780874710199
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