Description
Montague Summers
The Mystic Press, London, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. 353 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. A very nice copy.
This classic of esoterica explores witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, damnation, Satanism, and every variety of magic. Written by the field’s foremost scholar, it features colorful, little-known anecdotes about witches, devils, and their arts. It also provides numerous historical accounts of witch trials and surveys the role of witches in literature.
Montague Summers (1880–1948) wrote numerous books on witches, vampires, and werewolves from a true believer’s point of view. He also edited and translated several important early texts on demonology and witchcraft.
