The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil : showing how the horseshoe came to be a charm against witchcraft / by Edward G. Flight ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; engraved by John Thompson.

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Flight, Edward G, The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil , 1871

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Creator:: Flight, Edward G
Title(s):: The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil : showing how the horseshoe came to be a charm against witchcraft / by Edward G. Flight ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; engraved by John Thompson.
Additional Title(s):: Horse shoe
True legend of Saint Dunstan and the Devil
Edition:: 3rd ed.
Published/Created:: London : Bell and Daldy, 1871.
Physical Description:: 62 p. : ill., coat of arms ; 19 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4705.F55 T77 1871
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9356860
Classification:: Books
Notes:: First published in 1852 as: The horse shoe : the true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil.
"Chiswick Press, printed by Whittingham and Wilkins."--Verso of t.p.
Engraved vignette on title page.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's gilt and black-stamped brown cloth. Inscription: To H. Boardman Smith. The unsatisfactory results in your care, explained on page 16. Xmas 1881.
Subject Terms:: Bell and Daldy -- Publisher.
Charms.
Chiswick Press -- Printer.
Dunstan, Saint, 909–988.
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Smith, H. Boardman -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:: Wood engravings -- 1871.
Contributors:: Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.
Thompson, John, 1785–1866, engraver.
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