SCIENCE DEFOE DANIEL A System of Magick; or A History of t

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[DEFOE, DANIEL.] A System of Magick; or, A History of the Black Art. Being an Account of Mankind's most early Dealing with the Devil; and how the Acquaintance on both Sides first begun. [12], 403 pages, including engraved frontispiece depicting magician in his study. 8vo, 19th-century panelled calf with gilt crest of horse's head on covers, rebacked with cloth retaining most of darkened and worn original backstrip, endpapers renewed; contents toned, margins trimmed without text loss, upper third of title (with top 4 lines of text) supplied in expert facsimile, marginal pen markings on last several leaves. London: J. Roberts, 1727

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first edition. Moore 487.