Image from page 169 of “Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence;” (1908) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: womenofallnation01joyc Title: Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits,... Read more
Additional title page with engraving from Alexicacon hoc est opus de maleficiis ac morbis maleficis Image by University of Glasgow Library One result of the belief in demoniacal possession was the publication of numerous volumes on exorcism, of which... Read more
Image taken from page 193 of ‘The Century of Louis XIV. Its arts-its ideas. From the French … by Mrs. Cashel Hoey. ’ Image by The British Library Image taken from: Title: "The Century of Louis XIV. Its... Read more
Title page of Compendium maleficarum Image by University of Glasgow Library Guazzo, a friar in Milan in the early seventeenth century, wrote his Compendium maleficarum at the request of a bishop of Milan. The Ferguson Collection contains two copies... Read more
Title page of Daemonologie Image by University of Glasgow Library Written before his accession to the English throne, the Daemonologie probably had its origins in the trials of the North Berwick witches in 1590, which James personally supervised. James... Read more
Title page of De la demonomanie des sorciers Image by University of Glasgow Library This book was written primarily for the information of judges by one who had himself acted as a judge at many trials in France. It... Read more
Title page of A discourse of the subtill practises of deuilles by witches and sorcerers Image by University of Glasgow Library The second major book on witchcraft in English. Gifford, together with Scot, was one of the earliest opponents... Read more
Title page of The wonderful discoueries Image by University of Glasgow Library The pamphlet is illustrated by a woodcut which shows a contemporary conception of three witches with their familiars (i.e. demons in the shape of small animals whose... Read more
Title page of A most certain, strange and true discovery of a witch Image by University of Glasgow Library The title page of the pamphlet bears a woodcut, which shows the witch sailing on her plank on the river.... Read more
Title page of Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritu de vaticiniis, divinationibus &c Image by University of Glasgow Library The engraved title page shows a witches’ sabbat with a witch stirring a cauldron in the foreground. Most writers stressed... Read more