ROBBINS, Rossell Hope “The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft & Demonology” [Crown, 1966]

ROBBINS, Rossell Hope. The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1966. Fifth printing. 10" x 7", 571pp. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Jacket with edgewear, short tears, and small chips at head and foot of spine, rubbing and light creasing; cloth with minor shelfwear; text block clean and bright. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket.

Robbins’ landmark reference surveys the history of witchcraft, sorcery, and demonology from antiquity through the early modern period. Drawing extensively on trial records, theological treatises, and primary sources, it offers detailed entries on accused witches, inquisitors, grimoires, demons, and regional persecutions. Long regarded as a foundational English-language encyclopedia in the field, it remains indispensable for collectors of occult literature and for readers interested in the cultural history of belief, fear, and superstition.