[Weiditz The Younger]. Hand-colored woodcut

[Weiditz The Younger]. Hand-colored woodcut illustration of an early conjurer. Frankfurt, 1596. Extracted from Petrarch’s Hülff Trost und Rath in allem anligen der Menschen… . The conjurer performs for a small crowd gathered around a table; coins, a wand, a snake, and Cups and Balls lay in front of him. One 4to sheet. Closed tear at left not affecting image; good. Published only 12 years after the release of the first edition of Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft, the scene shows the circumstances under which early conjurers performed, and the props they used.