The fatal book opened : an authentic account of John Albert, a young gentleman in Hamburgh, who by the constant study of the works of Friar Bacon and Doctor Faustus and other books of magic and astrology, had acquired an awful knowledge of cabalistics, necromancy and the black art. (Otley, Eng. : William Walker, [1830]) Single leaf broadside
One of the most popular exhibitions we have done was on the Occult, in 1988. We continue to collect in the area. This large and striking broadside shows the devil about to claim the soul of John Albert who had entered into a Faustian pact to acquire knowledge of the black arts.
