exposing instruments of trickery, used by charlatans in the 16th century, to claim to have magical powers. From β€œThe discouerie of ” by Reginald Scot, 1584. The diagrams expose the following tricks: severed head on a plate, knives into and through the body, juggling, and passing a rope through the body. Source: Wellcome Library


πŸ“– Purchase Book (affiliate link, free digital version linked above)