The fatal book opened : an authentic account of John Albert, a young gentleman in Hamburgh, who by the constant study of the works of Friar Bacon and Doctor Faustus, and other books of magic and astrology, had acquired an awful knowledge of cabalistics, necromancy and the black art.

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[1830]
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The fatal book opened : an authentic account of John Albert, a young gentleman in Hamburgh, who by the constant study of the works of Friar Bacon and Doctor Faustus, and other books of magic and astrology, had acquired an awful knowledge of cabalistics, necromancy and the black art. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Otley, Eng. : William Walker, [1830]

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1 sheet : 1 black and white illustration ; 61 x 38 cm

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Large broadside with woodcut showing the devil and the book.

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