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About this set
This three-volume set gathers some of the most important texts from that tradition, from the Scottish court of James VI to Cotton Mather's Salem and the East Anglian trials of the Witchfinder General.
Each volume has been newly typeset in the manner of its earliest printing, following the typographic conventions, ornamental vocabulary, and page structures of the period source. Title pages, woodcuts, initials, and printer's devices have been drawn from historical copies, cleaned, and restored throughout. Where original material was damaged or no longer extant, period-appropriate replacements from the same printing tradition were selected in order to preserve the visual integrity of the source text.
Issued in A5 format, printed on Fedrigoni Arena Ivory 120 gsm, and bound in cloth over boards with rounded spines, the three volumes are housed together in a cloth-bound slipcase.
Volume I: Dæmonologie & Newes from Scotland
Two texts by and concerning King James VI of Scotland, whose involvement in the North Berwick witch trials of 1590 helped shape the prosecution of witchcraft in Britain.
Newes from Scotland (1591) is a pamphlet account of the trials, describing the alleged conspiracy of witches against the King. Dæmonologie (1597) is James's own treatise on witchcraft, written in dialogue form and offering royal sanction to the witch-hunting logic that the Malleus had helped codify a century earlier.
Volume II: Wonders of the Invisible World
Written in 1692 and published in 1693, Cotton Mather's Wonders of the Invisible World was intended as a defence of the Salem proceedings. It gathers trial records, theological arguments, and accounts of the accused, and remains one of the fullest contemporary accounts of Salem from the prosecution's side.
Volume III: The Discovery of Witches & A Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-craft
Matthew Hopkins's The Discovery of Witches (1647) and John Stearne's A Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-craft (1648) record the methods, justifications, and procedures of the East Anglian witch trials of the 1640s. Hopkins, the self-styled “Witchfinder General,” became the central figure in the largest wave of witchcraft prosecutions in English history.
Specifications
- A5 format (148 × 210 mm), Smyth-sewn, round-backed
- 120 gsm ivory stock (Fedrigoni Arena Ivory)
- Cloth-bound over 2.0 mm grey board (FSC 100% recycled)
- Gold foil on front cover and spine
- Black endpapers, 150 gsm
- Head and tail bands
- Three volumes in one cloth slipcase with gold foil
- Shrink-wrapped as a set
- Sold as a set only. Not available individually.
