{"product_id":"a-dialogue-concerning-witches-and-witchcraftes-1593-george-gifford","title":"A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcraftes 1593, George Gifford","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The original paper-covered stiff boards are well-preserved, though exhibiting standard age-related toning, minor edge-wear, and light dust-soiling across the panels. The spine remains firm and fully intact with clear, dark lettering, showing only superficial rubbing to the extremes. The binding is remarkably tight and square. The text block features untrimmed, rough-cut page edges that display noticeable foxing, particularly to the top edge, which subtly encroaches upon the margins of the preliminary leaves due to the natural oxidation of the paper stock. The internal pages are otherwise pleasingly clean, crisp, and free from tearing, with only sporadic, mild spotting throughout. A neat, dated previous owner's signature and numerical accession inscription are present on the front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a highly appealing 1931 facsimile of George Gifford's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"78\"\u003eA Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcraftes\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1593. Issued as the inaugural volume (No. 1) in the esteemed \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"211\"\u003eShakespeare Association Facsimiles\u003c\/i\u003e series, this edition was published for the Association by Humphrey Milford at the Oxford University Press. It features a scholarly introduction by Beatrice White, offering crucial bibliographical and historical context for the popular witchcraft beliefs of sixteenth-century England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eGifford's original work remains a cornerstone text in the study of Elizabethan occult history, making this faithful early-twentieth-century reproduction a valuable acquisition for collectors of witchcraft history, antiquarian theology, and Tudor literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eCopies of this specific 1931 facsimile bound in the original paper-covered boards are increasingly uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eFirst published in 1593, George Gifford’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"49\"\u003eA Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcraftes\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating window into the Elizabethan mindset during a period of intense paranoia surrounding the occult. A Puritan minister from Essex, Gifford presented a nuanced, deeply theological argument against the hysteria of witch hunts, suggesting that the true danger lay not in the supposed magic of witches, but in the demonic deception that led people away from God. This faithful 1931 facsimile provides an accessible yet authentic encounter with one of the era's most significant historical treatises on the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55519746359635,"sku":"6237","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261012_162128.jpg?v=1792407692","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/a-dialogue-concerning-witches-and-witchcraftes-1593-george-gifford","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}