Description: Malleus Maleficarumby Henry Kramer & James Sprengertranslated with introduction, bibliography & notes by Rev. Montague Summers London: The Pushkin Press, 1948 Stated: "First Printed in This Form 1948". This is a reprint of the first edition of Summers' translation, which was originally published by John Rodker in 1928. This edition limited to 2,000 copies (stated at bottom of dust jacket front flap). Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. xxii + 278 pp. Very good in good, unclipped ("15/-") dust jacket. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Otherwise, interior clean & unmarked. A touch of foxing to end papers & top edge of page block. Binding mildly pulled at bottom end of gutter of pp. 136-137. Front inside hinge lightly cracked, but remains sound. Binding firm & square. Covers bumped at corners, with mild corresponding bumping to corners of pages (particularly to top corners); mild softening to spine ends; light rubbing & wear at corners & along edges. Dust jacket is age-worn, with chipping & loss at spine ends & at corners; tears & creases to top & bottom front corners of spine; old tape repairs to reverse side; wear to front panel, to spine & along spine edges; soiling to rear panel. DJ comes protected by new, archival cover. In 1928, Rev. Montague Summers published the first English translation of Heinrich Kramer's Malleus Maleficarum ("The Hammer of Witches"), a 15th-century Latin manual on the hunting of witches. In his introduction, Summers insists that the reality of witchcraft is an essential part of Catholic doctrine and declares the Malleus an admirable and correct account of witchcraft and of the methods necessary to combat it. The 1928 first edition was limited to 1,275 copies and was not reprinted until The Pushkin Press published this facsimile edition in 1948. As noted at the bottom of the dust jacket front flap, this edition was limited to only 2,000 copies. An attractive & desirable copy. A great addition to your collection or as a gift. Ships well-packed in a box.
Price: 255 USD
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, 2nd Printing (1st Printing in this Form)
Author: Henry Kramer & James Sprenger; trans. Rev. Montague Summers
Publisher: The Pushkin Press
Topic: Witchcraft; Demonology
Subject: Mysticism & Occult
