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When Knights Were Bold by Eva March Tappan , from 1911. 1939 edition. This illustration from a chapter on Science and Medicine whose subjects include Talismans, rooms, philters, the evil eye, wichcraft, false notions of the alchemists, the philosopher’s stone, the mandrake, the witches’Sabbath, etc. #oldbooks #oldillustration #woodcut #folklore
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