Compendium Maleficarum: The Montague Summers Edition (Dover Occult)
TheCompendium Maleficarumwas the ultimate field guide for the beginning demonologist in the 17th century. Guazzo'sCompendiumwas accepted by his contemporaries as the authoritative manuscript on witchcraft. Later demonologists continued to hail the conciseness and clarity with which Guazzo analyzes the practice. TheCompendiumnot only gives an organized account of the subject matter but provides a glimpse at the Christian view of witchcraft during the early 17th century.