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A system of magick; or, a history of the black art. : Being an historical account of mankind's most early dealing with the Devil; and how the acquaintance on both sides first began

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1727 [1726]
Call number: 121830
Creator: Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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