Lot 387
Demonic possession.- Taylor (Zachary) The Surey Impostor: being an Answer to a late Fanatical Pamphlet, Entituled The Surey Demoniack, first edition, Printed for John Jones and Ephraim Johnson, 1697.
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Demonic possession.- Taylor (Zachary) The Surey Impostor: being an Answer to a late Fanatical Pamphlet, Entituled The Surey Demoniack, first edition, woodcut frontispiece, one woodcut illustration, errata slip pasted to verso of title, A3 trimmed with slight loss of text, occasional soiling, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Wing T601], 4to, Printed for John Jones and Ephraim Johnson, 1697.
⁂ The 'impostor' was Richard Dugdale, a gardener from Surey, near Whalley, Lancashire, subject to fits and hallucinations, claimed by some to be a demoniac and by others to be an imposter.
Description
Demonic possession.- Taylor (Zachary) The Surey Impostor: being an Answer to a late Fanatical Pamphlet, Entituled The Surey Demoniack, first edition, woodcut frontispiece, one woodcut illustration, errata slip pasted to verso of title, A3 trimmed with slight loss of text, occasional soiling, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Wing T601], 4to, Printed for John Jones and Ephraim Johnson, 1697.
⁂ The 'impostor' was Richard Dugdale, a gardener from Surey, near Whalley, Lancashire, subject to fits and hallucinations, claimed by some to be a demoniac and by others to be an imposter.
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