Details
The Devill seen at St. Albons [sic]. Being a true relation of how the devill was seen there in a cellar in the likeness of a ram. [London]: printed in the yeare, 1648. 4° (156 x 110mm). (Each leaf inlaid, some spotting.) Early 19th-century half calf (upper cover detached). Provenance: unidentified English armorial bookplate.
VERY RARE. Only 3 copies located (BL; Bodleian; California State Library). The St. Alban's Ghost often featured in pamphlet literature. For example, see A Complete Key to the three parts of Law is a Bottomless-Pit, and the story of the St. Alban's Ghost (1712) or lot 177 of this sale. Wing D-1221.
VERY RARE. Only 3 copies located (BL; Bodleian; California State Library). The St. Alban's Ghost often featured in pamphlet literature. For example, see A Complete Key to the three parts of Law is a Bottomless-Pit, and the story of the St. Alban's Ghost (1712) or lot 177 of this sale. Wing D-1221.