Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 252

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
GLANVILL, JOSEPH. Saducismus Triumphatus; or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions. Engraved frontispiece (loose). [8], 58, [16], 180, [2]; [16], 310, [10], 311-328, [1] pages, including blank R8 and final leaf with ad and errata. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine worn, front cover loose; contents generally clean, with only institutional markings and stamps on front pastedown and title verso, bookplates removed, free endpapers lacking. London: J. Collins, 1681

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first edition, published posthumously, of the final version of Glanvill's work on the reality of witchcraft and supernatural phenomena. Robbins, pages 223-24. Thorndike VIII, 567-68; Wing G822.