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Discouerie of witchcraft
560 pages
An atmospheric, antiquarian journey into early modern occultism, steeped in the history of magic and the tactile reality of a centuries-old text.
What it feels like
Reading this text feels like unearthing a fragile, centuries-old artifact from a shadowy archive. The experience is deeply antiquarian, moving at a meandering pace through dense, archaic prose that meticulously catalogs early modern beliefs about magic, witchcraft, and demonology. There is a distinct tactile atmosphere to the reading experience, evoking the presence of stained pages, torn edges, and carefully inserted illustrations that attempt to map out the supernatural. The mood is esoteric and dusty, wrapping the reader in the scholarly curiosity of a bygone era. It is a book that delights historians of the occult and lovers of rare, early printed works, offering a fascinating, structured glimpse into historical anxieties and the enduring human fascination with the unknown.
- Mood
- dusty
- shadowy
- antiquarian
- mysterious
- Tone
- scholarly
- archaic
- analytical
- esoteric
- Pace
- meandering
- Themes
- historical occultism · early modern beliefs · supernatural inquiry · the nature of magic
- The writing
- Dense and archaic, reflecting the conventions of early modern printing and scholarly inquiry.
- The arc
- A steady descent into the historical archives of the supernatural, moving from curiosity to a deep immersion in archaic beliefs.
- Who it's for
- Antiquarians and history enthusiasts who are captivated by early texts on magic and the physical remnants of the past.
Content notes
- demonology
- witchcraft
- occult practices
About the book
Actual printer's name from STC; ostensible printer's name from colophon.
With eight final contents leaves.
STC (2nd ed.) 21864.
Imperfect: badly stained, many pages torn, and many too closely trimmed.
This copy, with leaves, *12, illustrating the text, inserted between pages 336 and 337.
Description from Open Library.
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