WITCHES AND SORCERERS

Citadel, New York, 1969, 2^nd ed thus.  Trade soft cover, 270 pages including Index.  Reading copy; wraps show edge and cover wear, creases, short tears at upper and lower front spine edges and lower rear fore-edge.  Binding cracked in spots with all pages secure.  Occasional age spot on lightly tanned pages; black & white illustrations.  ‘Beginning with the alchemist Pythagoras, it covers the history of sorcery and witchcraft in ancient society, then moves on to the medieval period, the Spanish Inquisition, the witches of England, France, and America, and closes with a discussion of magicians today.  In between, one meets Cornelius Agrippa, the temperamental sixteenth-century Belgian magician; the Count of Cagliostro, whose powers seemingly enabled him to monopolize winning lottery tickets in eighteenth-century London; and, of course, Johann Faust, the man who roused Mephistopheles himself.  These and many more are dealt with in this intriguing work.’ (from rear wrap)