An historical essay concerning witchcraft. With observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar errors about that point, and also two sermons. One in proof of the Christian religion; the other concerning the good and evil angels

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18th century
Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of An historical essay concerning witchcraft. With observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar errors about that point, and also two sermons. One in proof of the Christian religion; the other concerning the good and evil angels (1720). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic, Demonology, angelology, and possession

Subjects: Witchcraft, Demonology, Angels

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Witchcraft and folk magic
Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “Witchcraft” in the edition title.
- “Witchcraft”· in title
- “Witchcraft”· in subject
- “Witchcraft”· in edition title
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the title, “Angels” in the subject metadata, “Demonology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
- “demonology”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Angels”· in title
- “Angels”· in subject
- “Demonology”· in subject
- “Angels”· in edition title

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 15 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves, 336 pages ; (8vo)	1720	Printed by R. Knaplock & D. Midwinter	English	—	Public digitized item	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab) Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)