The Surey Demoniack: or, An Account of Satans Strange and Dreadful Actings, In and about the Body of Richard Dugdale of Surey … in Lancashire

by Occult

$4,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 8 , 64 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later wrappers. ESTC R33823. Provenance: from the library of Ricky Jay. Item #324358 Account of the demonic possession of Richard Dugdale, formerly employed as a gardener and servant in Yorkshire, who became notorious and was visited by thousands. For a year, attempts at exorcism were performed without success. Dugdale was reported to speak in languages of which he had no

• Binding: Wrappers

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