The Darker Superstitions of Scotland, Illustrated from History and Practice

by John Graham Dalyell

$12,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1834. First edition, first issue of a foundational occult text. 4 , vii, 1 , 700 pp. Rebacked, bound in contemporary University of Glasgow armorial binding, dark green calf with decorative stamping in blind and gilt, edges and endpapers marbled. Near Fine with moderate rubbing to covers, two bookplates and small stain to front endsheet, small catalogue clipping to fly-leaf, and penciled

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