The Book of Witches
About this book
The witch has worn many faces: village healer, accused neighbour, nocturnal traveller and imagined companion of the Devil. Oliver Madox Hueffer follows these figures through folklore, witch trials and popular belief.
His account moves among English and continental stories, including the histories of persecution that gave the image of witchcraft such power. Some judgments reflect early twentieth-century assumptions, but the material reveals a deep cultural obsession. The book is most revealing where an ordinary human fear becomes the shape of a supernatural accusation.
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Oliver Madox Hueffer; title credits colour frontispiece by W. Heath Robinson. The Book of Witches. Inspected John McBride NewYork1909 printing, including historical foreword, chaptertext and bibliography. Title credits W.Heath Robinson frontispiece, but supplied scan lacks the frontispiece; this omission must be disclosed and the Reader is not described as a complete illustrated copy. The John McBride Co. 1909. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/books/the-book-of-witches
About this edition
Recorded edition: Inspected John McBride NewYork1909 printing, including historical foreword, chaptertext and bibliography. Title credits W.Heath Robinson frontispiece, but supplied copy lacks the frontispiece; this omission must be disclosed and the Reader is not described as a complete illustrated copy.
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