Boguet (Henry) An Examen of Witches
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drawn from various trials…edited by the Rev. Montague Summers
n.p., John Rodker, 1929.
One of 1275 copies. 8vo. Title-page printed in red & black, rubricated initials. Original boards with paper-covered covers. Dust-jacket, priced 25/-.
First published in 1590, An Examen of Witches describes the witch trials conducted by Boguet and includes a chapter on the procedure necessary to a judge in trials for witchcraft. It is one of a group of important witchcraft texts published by John Rodker (who also issued Summers’s translation of the Malleus Maleficarum), a publisher often associated with modernist works & authors.
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Bookplates to front pastedown, small ink name to front free endpaper, internally very good; spine rather browned; dust-jacket with edge-wear, some general light rubbing & toning.
Provenance: Alan Gauld, parapsychologist, psychologist and spiritualist writer (ink name and ex-libris label); weird fiction author Frederick Cowles (bookplate).
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