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The compleat wizzard; being a collection of authentic and entertaining narratives of the real existence and appearance of ghosts, demons, and spectres: together with several wonderful instances of the effects of witchcraft, etc. To which is prefixed; an account of haunted houses.

1770 · London : T. Evans, 1770. · 3 pictures

A 1770 London collection of supposed true accounts of ghosts, demons, spectres and witchcraft, published by T. Evans for a popular readership interested in the supernatural. Its pictures are small woodcut tailpieces and vignettes: an ornate scrolled border with cherubs, a decorative urn of foliage, and a framed square scene of buildings, a swan and a standing figure, useful for period-style ornament and chapbook-style spot art.

Ghosts · Witchcraft

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