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WEBSTER, John (?1580-?1625). The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of Deceivers and Impostors, and Divers persons under a passive Delusion of Melancholy and Fancy. But that there is a Corporeal League made betwixt the Devil and the Witch, Or that he sucks on the Witches Body, has Carnal Copulation, or that Witches are turned into Cats, Dogs, raise Tempests, or the like, is utterly denied and disproved. London: "Printed by J.M.", 1677. 2° (292 x 185mm). Imprimatur leaf, with author's apology for misprints on verso of final text leaf (title torn without significant loss, imprimatur leaf laid down, some mainly marginal browning, staining and spotting). Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked, lightly rubbed and scuffed). Lowndes VII, 2864: "Written in opposition to the treatises of Casaubon, Glanvil and Henry More"; Wing W1230.
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