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The Darker Superstitions of Scotland
by John Graham Dalyell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt tiles on spine. Library rebound with name in gilt on front cover. Scarce first edition of this treatise on superstitions, their origins and the customs associated with them. Contents include chapters on Evil Eye, Invocations, and Maledictions; Occult Infection and Cure of Maladies; Miscellaneous Remedies, or Antidotes to Disease; Amulets; Analogies to Propitiatory Sacrifice; Propitiatory Charms; Faculties Ascribed to Sorcerers; Superstitions Relative to Marriage; Doctrine of Sympathy; Ingredients and Instruments Superstition and Sorcery; Mystical Plants; Mystical Animals; Mystical Mankind; Prognostication, Divination; Imaginary Beings; Spectral Illusions; The Tongues; Tests, Trial, Conviction and Punishment of Sorcery. With errata, Addenda and index. A fascinating book. Ex reference library with minimal markings, pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, handwritten library number to reserve of title page and single stamp to rear endpaper. Very occasional marks to inner book, generally in excellent clean condition.
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- Bird's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 809
- Title
- The Darker Superstitions of Scotland
- Author
- John Graham Dalyell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Waugh and Innes
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1834
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- superstition, scottish customs, sorcery, witchcraft, mysticism, malediction, evil eye, magic, charm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; Scottish Interest; Historical & Antiquity; Social History, Customs & Traditions;
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