Lot 352

Occult.- Telfair (Alexander) A New Confutation of Sadducism. Being A true Narrative of the wonderful Expressions and Actions of a Spirit which infested the House of Andrew Mackie..., first edition, for Andrew Bell, 1696.

Hammer Price: £420

Description

Occult.- Telfair (Alexander) A New Confutation of Sadducism. Being A true Narrative of the wonderful Expressions and Actions of a Spirit which infested the House of Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft in the County of Galloway in Scotland..., first edition, light damp-stain to upper corner of first 2ff., trimmed, affecting ruled border to title, pagination and printed side-notes, Sig. C shaving first line of text to head, foxing and browning, later green half morocco, spine faded, rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Wing T622], small 4to, for Andrew Bell, 1696.

⁂ Rare, we can trace only this copy at auction in 1970. It gives a day-to-day account of the "Spirit" which threw stones, lit fires, hid objects, and wrote notes in blood.

Description

Occult.- Telfair (Alexander) A New Confutation of Sadducism. Being A true Narrative of the wonderful Expressions and Actions of a Spirit which infested the House of Andrew Mackie of Ringcroft in the County of Galloway in Scotland..., first edition, light damp-stain to upper corner of first 2ff., trimmed, affecting ruled border to title, pagination and printed side-notes, Sig. C shaving first line of text to head, foxing and browning, later green half morocco, spine faded, rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Wing T622], small 4to, for Andrew Bell, 1696.

⁂ Rare, we can trace only this copy at auction in 1970. It gives a day-to-day account of the "Spirit" which threw stones, lit fires, hid objects, and wrote notes in blood.

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