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Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Addressed to J.G. Lockhart, ESQ
de Scott, Sir Walter
- Usado
- very good
- First
- Estado
- very good/slipcase, very good
- Librería
-
Reno, Nevada, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: John Murray, 1830. First Edition. Red morocco leather with fantastic gilt illustrations and title, Cuikshank reveals his skill and whimisical art, marbled endpapers, upper edge gilt, frontispiece by Skene, 12 illustrations in triplicate, once in black and white, once hand colored, and once in India proofs; rubbing along the spine, leather nick top of spine, 402 pages, page toning, bound by Wood of London, 6.25" tall, green lined slipcase, bright, gilt lettering on spine, minor shelf wear, 6.5" tall. very good/slipcase, very good. George Cruikshank. Sir Walter Scott was known for his studies in the supernatural, folklore and witchcraft. The book takes the form of ten letters written to J.G. Lockhart in which he presents historical attitudes from the biblical days to his time period. The now well known Isobel Gowdie trial case is presented in his letters. The term coven a term for a gathering of witches became popular,
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- Librería
- Crossroads Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5566713
- Título
- Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Addressed to J.G. Lockhart, ESQ
- Autor
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Ilustrador
- George Cruikshank
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Red morocco leather with fantastic gilt illustrations and title, Cuikshank reveals his skill and whimisical art, marbled endpape
- Estado del libro
- Usado - very good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- slipcase, very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- John Murray
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1830
- Palabras clave
- witchcraft, demonology, magick, occult
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Occult; Magick; Wicca, Witchcraft;
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Morocco
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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