SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY - 1840 SUPERSTITIONS HOAX FRAUD MAGIC & CONJURING minor chipping to endpaper

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SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY - 1840 SUPERSTITIONS HOAX FRAUD MAGIC & CONJURING minor chipping to endpaperSKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY Book Details + Condition: Bradbury & Evans (London). Second Edition, 1840. 368 pages. Hardcover. Measures 6. 5"x4. 5". Written by Richard A. Davenport as a guide to the many frauds and delusions of the time. Chapters include "Hindoo and Other Oriental Superstitions,"The South Sea Bubble," Medical Delusions and Fraud," and more. Frontispiece of Joan of Arc. Marked as property of Indianapolis Public