Glanvill, Joseph
Saducismus Triumphatus: Or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions

In Two Parts. The First treating of their Possibility, The Second of their Real Existence. With a Letter of Dr. Henry More on the same Subject. And an Authentick, but wonderful story of certain Swedish Witches; done into English by Anth. Horneck. Reprint der Ausgabe London 1681. Hrsg. von Bernhard Fabian.

From the table of contents: Some Considerations about Witchcraft. In a letter to Robert Hunt, Esq. - The Easie, True, and Genuine Notion And Consistent Explication Of the Nature of a Spirit. - Mr. Mompesson's letter to Mr. Glanvil, Dated Nov. 8. Anno 1672. Mr. Mompesson's letter to Mr. Collins, Dated Aug. 8. Anno 1674. - An Introduction to the Proof of the Existence of Apparitions, Spirits and Witches. - Proof of Apparitions, Spirits, and Witches from Holy-Scripture. - Proof of Apparitions, Spirits and Witches, from a choice Collection of modern Relations. - A Relation of the strange Witchraft discovered in the Village Mohra in Swedeland, taken out of the publick Register of the Lords Commissioners appointed by His Majesty the King of Sweden to examine the whole business, in the years of our Lord 1669. and 1670. (1. Of their Journey to Blockula. The Contents of their Confession. 2. Of the place where they used to assemble, called Blockula, and what they did there. 3. Of the Mischief or Evil which the Witches promised to do to Men and Beasts). - Wikipedia comments: "The book affirmed the existence of witches with malign supernatural powers of magic, and attacked skepticism concerning their abilities. Glanvill likened these skeptics to the Sadducees, members of a Jewish sect from around the time of Jesus who were said to have denied the immortality of the soul. The book is also noted for the account of the Drummer of Tedworth, an early poltergeist story, and for one of the earliest descriptions of the use of a witch bottle, a countercharm against witchcraft". - Glanville's book is mentioned in Dario Argento's "Suspiria" and in H. P. Lovecraft's "The Festival". Zwei Teile in einem Band, zus. [33],566 Seiten mit einigen Abb., Leinen (Collected Works of Joseph Glanvill; Vol. 9/Olms Verlag 1978) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear