Annotated Discovery of Witchcraft booke XIII
Publisher: Self Published
Date of Publication: 2000
Binding: hardcover
Edition: Limited Edition
Condition: Extra Fine - New
Description: A commentary on the first printed English conjuring text, showing the development of magic tricks from 1584 to the present day.
Written by the Canadian magician, locksmith, writer, magic historian & rare book collector.
Published for magic historians and magicians interested in the beginnings of their art. Includes unpublished references to Reginald Scot with quotations and illustrations from the early English books on conjuring from 1584 up to 1784.
In 1993, Forrester published a Canadian bibliography of magic books called A Bibliography of Classic Authors in Magic and Related Arts.
Green boards with gilt lettering on spine & gilt design & lettering on front. (viii) 108 pages with woodcuts & facsimiles.
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
SIGNED limited edition of 500 (#286) of which 480 were for sale.