Evans, Henry Ridgley: Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic ©1943 International Brotherhood of Magicians, OH Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 21 pages

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Comments: Essays on few early books on magic from the 15th-17th centuries

Contents (from book):

7 Introduction: brief history of magic, and Natural Magic
8 - Representative Exponents of Magic in America
8 - Magic as Popular Amusement
11 Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic

11 I. Sixteenth Century
11 Reginald Scot: The Discoverie of Witchcraft, 1584; and how it came to be
13 - King James VI of Scotland: Daemonologie, refutation of Scot's book
14 - G.L. Kittredge: Witchcraft in Old and New England, 1928 - comment on Scot's work
14 - 1665 Edition of Discoverie of Witchcraft: another author added sections on Devils and Spirits, changing the premise of the original work
14 - Biography of Reginal Scot
15 - Editions of Discoverie

16 II. Seventeenth Century
The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine: 1614, author unclear, perhaps Sa Rid, Samuel Rowlands, or Robert Greene
16 Hocus Pocus Junior: 1634
18 Thomas Ady: A Candle in the Dark, 1656

18 III. Eighteenth Century
18 H. Dean: The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection
19 Henri Decremps: La Magie blanche, devoilee.