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			=== Fischbuch ===
			''Fischbuch'' ("Fish Book"), in German, by Swiss naturalist Konrad von Gessner, 1598.

			A book written and illustrated by Gessner, describing many species of fish in Renaissance scientific detail - some species for the first time.

	==Bestiaries==		==Bestiaries==

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			== Legends and Mythology ==
			Conventional legends and mythology:


			=== Eiriksdrapa ===
			'''Eiríksdrápa''' (AKA "Murder of Eric"), an 11th-century(?) Icelandic saga by Markus Skeggjason.

			The poem focuses on the war campaigns of Eric I of Denmark against the opponents of Christianity, the still pagan Wends; also as a builder of churches and above all for moving the episcopal see for all of Scandinavia from Saxony to Lund.


			=== Beowulf ===
			''Beowful'', by the "Bewulf Poet", probably written in Old English between 975 CE and 1025 CE, possibly based on an older oral tradition.

			An Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating is for the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. Scholars call the anonymous author the "Beowulf poet". The story is set in pagan Scandinavia in the 6th century. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by the monster Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland and becomes king of the Geats. Fifty years later, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is mortally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory.



	[[Category:Mythos:Tomes:NonMythos]]		[[Category:Mythos:Tomes:NonMythos]]

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	[[Category:Mythos:Tomes]]		[[Category:Mythos:Tomes:NonMythos]]

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	=== A Report from the Kingdom of Congo ===		=== A Report from the Kingdom of Congo ===
	[[Image:Pictureinthehouse.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Picture in the House]]		[[Image:Pictureinthehouse.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Picture in the House: "Plate XII, which represented in gruesome detail a butcher's shop of the cannibal Anziques..." (HPL)]]
	[[Image:Debry africa l914.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Africa]]		[[Image:Debry africa l914.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Africa: 'Injuns, I guess... trees with big leaves a-floppin' over, half monkeys an' half men... a sort of dragon with the head of an alligator' (HPL)]]
	''Relatione del reame del Congo'', or ''Regnum Congo'', or ''A Report of the Kingdom of Congo, and the Surrounding Countries, Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez'', (1591 in Spanish; 1597 in English, ? in French, and 1598 in German) by Filippo Pigafetta		''Relatione del reame del Congo'', or ''Regnum Congo'', or ''A Report of the Kingdom of Congo, and the Surrounding Countries, Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez'', (1591 in Spanish; 1597 in English, ? in French, and 1598 in German) by Filippo Pigafetta

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	The first object of my curiosity was a book of medium size lying upon the table and presenting such an antediluvian aspect that I marvelled at beholding it outside a museum or library. It was bound in leather with metal fittings, and was in an excellent state of preservation; being altogether an unusual sort of volume to encounter in an abode so lowly. When I opened it to the title page my wonder grew even greater, for it proved to be nothing less rare than ~~Pigafetta’s~~ account of the Congo region, written in Latin from the notes of the sailor Lopez and printed at Frankfort in 1598. I had often heard of this work, with its curious illustrations by the brothers De Bry, hence for a moment forgot my uneasiness in my desire to turn the pages before me. The engravings were indeed interesting, drawn wholly from imagination and careless descriptions, and represented negroes with white skins and Caucasian features; nor would I soon have closed the book had not an exceedingly trivial circumstance upset my tired nerves and revived my sensation of disquiet. What annoyed me was merely the persistent way in which the volume tended to fall open of itself at Plate XII, which represented in gruesome detail a ~~butcher’s~~ shop of the cannibal Anziques.<br><br>- H.P.Lovecraft, "[[The Picture in the House (fiction)\|The Picture in the House]]"		The first object of my curiosity was a book of medium size lying upon the table and presenting such an antediluvian aspect that I marvelled at beholding it outside a museum or library. It was bound in leather with metal fittings, and was in an excellent state of preservation; being altogether an unusual sort of volume to encounter in an abode so lowly. When I opened it to the title page my wonder grew even greater, for it proved to be nothing less rare than Pigafetta's account of the Congo region, written in Latin from the notes of the sailor Lopez and printed at Frankfort in 1598. I had often heard of this work, with its curious illustrations by the brothers De Bry, hence for a moment forgot my uneasiness in my desire to turn the pages before me. The engravings were indeed interesting, drawn wholly from imagination and careless descriptions, and represented negroes with white skins and Caucasian features; nor would I soon have closed the book had not an exceedingly trivial circumstance upset my tired nerves and revived my sensation of disquiet. What annoyed me was merely the persistent way in which the volume tended to fall open of itself at Plate XII, which represented in gruesome detail a butcher's shop of the cannibal Anziques.<br><br>- H.P.Lovecraft, "[[The Picture in the House (fiction)\|The Picture in the House]]"
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	[[Image:Pictureinthehouse.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Picture in the House]]		[[Image:Pictureinthehouse.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Picture in the House]]
	[[Image:Debry africa l914.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Africa]]		[[Image:Debry africa l914.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Africa]]
	''Relatione del reame del Congo'', or ''A Report of the Kingdom of Congo, and the Surrounding Countries, Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez'', (1591 in Spanish; 1597 in English, ? in French, and 1598 in German) by Filippo Pigafetta		''Relatione del reame del Congo'', or ''Regnum Congo'', or ''A Report of the Kingdom of Congo, and the Surrounding Countries, Drawn Out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese, Duarte Lopez'', (1591 in Spanish; 1597 in English, ? in French, and 1598 in German) by Filippo Pigafetta

	Translated to English by Abraham Hartwell as ''A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta, 1597''.		Translated to English by Abraham Hartwell as ''A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta, 1597''.
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	The text of this rare volume is apparently short (said to be 60 pages of text), with much of this "medium sized" volume consisting of De Bry's woodcut illustrations. The woodcut illustrations were executed by the brothers De Bry, who had never been to Africa or South America and based their fanciful illustrations on vague, confused, or equally fanciful descriptions given to them second-hand. Lovecraft describes the German 1598 version as medium-sized and bound in leather with metal fittings. Some versions of this book have been described as "over a foot long". ([http://miskatonicmuseum.blogspot.com/2010/09/regnum-congo-and-horror-of-theodor-de.html source])		The text of this rare volume is apparently short (said to be 60 pages of text), with much of this "medium sized" volume consisting of De Bry's woodcut illustrations. The woodcut illustrations were executed by the brothers De Bry, who had never been to Africa or South America and based their fanciful illustrations on vague, confused, or equally fanciful descriptions given to them second-hand. Lovecraft describes the German 1598 version as medium-sized and bound in leather with metal fittings. Some versions of this book have been described as "over a foot long". ([http://miskatonicmuseum.blogspot.com/2010/09/regnum-congo-and-horror-of-theodor-de.html source])


	=== Qanoon-e-Islam ===		=== Qanoon-e-Islam ===

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	From raising the dead and foretelling the future to possession, curses, Kabbalah, alchemy, and more, this historical tour of the occult offers a captivating exploration of sorcery and ceremonial magic. Prepared by a noted French historian, it ventures into virtually all of the classical arts, with 375 high-quality black-and-white illustrations derived from paintings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and architecture, as well as a vast body of literature that includes many rare and beautiful manuscripts from private collections.		From raising the dead and foretelling the future to possession, curses, Kabbalah, alchemy, and more, this historical tour of the occult offers a captivating exploration of sorcery and ceremonial magic. Prepared by a noted French historian, it ventures into virtually all of the classical arts, with 375 high-quality black-and-white illustrations derived from paintings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and architecture, as well as a vast body of literature that includes many rare and beautiful manuscripts from private collections.




			==Fanciful Science==

			=== Magiae Naturalis ===
			''Magiae Naturalis'', by Giambattista della Porta (1558 Latin, Naples; republished in five Latin editions within ten years; translations into Italian 1560, French 1565, Dutch 1566, English 1658), AKA ''Natural Magic", ''Magiae naturalis, sive de miraculis rerum naturalium'', ''Natural Magic, or Natural Wonders''

			Natural Magic is an example of a sort of pre-Baconian encyclopaedia of science ("Natural Magic"): twenty illustrated and illuminated books of observations upon geology, optics, medicines, poisons, cooking, metallurgy, magnetism, cosmetics, perfumes, gunpowder, and invisible writing. Its sources include the ancient learning of Pliny the Elder and Theophrastus, as well as numerous original scientific observations made by Della Porta.

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	''Qanoon-e-Islam or, the Customs of the Moosulmans of India'' (1830s)		''Qanoon-e-Islam or, the Customs of the Moosulmans of India'' (1830s)

	A book describing the culture and rituals of Indian Muslims in the nineteenth century, mentioned in [[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward]]: "A fine volume of the forbidden ''[[Necronomicon]]'' conspicuously labelled as the ''Qanoon-e-Islam''."		A book describing the culture and rituals of Indian Muslims in the nineteenth century, mentioned in [[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction)]]: "A fine volume of the forbidden ''[[Necronomicon]]'' conspicuously labelled as the ''Qanoon-e-Islam''."

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	Translated to English by Abraham Hartwell as ''A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta, 1597''.		Translated to English by Abraham Hartwell as ''A report of the kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa : And of the countries that border rounde about the same. 1. Wherein is also shewed, that the two zones torrida & frigida, are not onely habitable, but inhabited, and very temperate, contrary to the opinion of the old philosophers. 2. That the blacke colour which is in the skinnes of the Ethiopians and Negroes &c. proceedeth not from the sunne. 3. And that the Riuer Nilus springeth not out of the mountains of the Moone, as hath been heretofore beleeued: together with the true cause of the rising and increasing thereof. 4. Besides the description of diuers plants, fishes and beastes, that are found in those countries. Drawen out of the writinges and discourses of Odoardo Lopez a Portingall, by Philippo Pigafetta, 1597''.

	Inspiration for the pictures and book described in H.P. Lovecraft's "[[The Picture in the House (~~Fiction~~)]]":		Inspiration for the pictures and book described in H.P. Lovecraft's "[[The Picture in the House (fiction)]]":

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	The first object of my curiosity was a book of medium size lying upon the table and presenting such an antediluvian aspect that I marvelled at beholding it outside a museum or library. It was bound in leather with metal fittings, and was in an excellent state of preservation; being altogether an unusual sort of volume to encounter in an abode so lowly. When I opened it to the title page my wonder grew even greater, for it proved to be nothing less rare than Pigafetta’s account of the Congo region, written in Latin from the notes of the sailor Lopez and printed at Frankfort in 1598. I had often heard of this work, with its curious illustrations by the brothers De Bry, hence for a moment forgot my uneasiness in my desire to turn the pages before me. The engravings were indeed interesting, drawn wholly from imagination and careless descriptions, and represented negroes with white skins and Caucasian features; nor would I soon have closed the book had not an exceedingly trivial circumstance upset my tired nerves and revived my sensation of disquiet. What annoyed me was merely the persistent way in which the volume tended to fall open of itself at Plate XII, which represented in gruesome detail a butcher’s shop of the cannibal Anziques.<br><br>- H.P.Lovecraft, "[[The Picture in the House (~~Fiction~~)\|The Picture in the House]]"		The first object of my curiosity was a book of medium size lying upon the table and presenting such an antediluvian aspect that I marvelled at beholding it outside a museum or library. It was bound in leather with metal fittings, and was in an excellent state of preservation; being altogether an unusual sort of volume to encounter in an abode so lowly. When I opened it to the title page my wonder grew even greater, for it proved to be nothing less rare than Pigafetta’s account of the Congo region, written in Latin from the notes of the sailor Lopez and printed at Frankfort in 1598. I had often heard of this work, with its curious illustrations by the brothers De Bry, hence for a moment forgot my uneasiness in my desire to turn the pages before me. The engravings were indeed interesting, drawn wholly from imagination and careless descriptions, and represented negroes with white skins and Caucasian features; nor would I soon have closed the book had not an exceedingly trivial circumstance upset my tired nerves and revived my sensation of disquiet. What annoyed me was merely the persistent way in which the volume tended to fall open of itself at Plate XII, which represented in gruesome detail a butcher’s shop of the cannibal Anziques.<br><br>- H.P.Lovecraft, "[[The Picture in the House (fiction)\|The Picture in the House]]"
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	Frazer offered a modernist approach to discussing religion, treating it dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon rather than from a theological perspective. The influence of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature and thought was substantial.		Frazer offered a modernist approach to discussing religion, treating it dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon rather than from a theological perspective. The influence of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature and thought was substantial.

	("[[The_Call_of_Cthulhu_(~~Fiction~~)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]")		("[[The_Call_of_Cthulhu_(fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]")

	=== The Witch-Cult in Western Europe ===		=== The Witch-Cult in Western Europe ===
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	In English. Describes the theory known as the witch-cult hypothesis, described in further detail in ''The God fo the Witches'', which suggests that the things told about witches in Europe were in fact based on a real, ancient, existing, secret, pan-European pagan religion that worshiped a horned god, which was influential on the witchcraft revival of the 20th Century, introducing many of the ideas that would be incorporated into witchcraft as a modern religion. Murray suggested that the secrets of this religion were originally handed down by oral tradition among a hidden human race of "little people" who were constantly driven deeper into the wildernesses by the encroachment of civilization.		In English. Describes the theory known as the witch-cult hypothesis, described in further detail in ''The God fo the Witches'', which suggests that the things told about witches in Europe were in fact based on a real, ancient, existing, secret, pan-European pagan religion that worshiped a horned god, which was influential on the witchcraft revival of the 20th Century, introducing many of the ideas that would be incorporated into witchcraft as a modern religion. Murray suggested that the secrets of this religion were originally handed down by oral tradition among a hidden human race of "little people" who were constantly driven deeper into the wildernesses by the encroachment of civilization.

	("[[The Horror at Red Hook]]", "[[The_Call_of_Cthulhu_(~~Fiction~~)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]")		("[[The Horror at Red Hook]]", "[[The_Call_of_Cthulhu_(fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]")

	===The God of the Witches===		===The God of the Witches===

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 Cours diplomatique ou tableau des relations des puissances de l'Europe, 3 vols. (Berlin, 1801)
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 (Two copies of this book, bound in human skin, are kept in the collection of the Brown University John Hay Library in Providence, RI, one model for the Miskatonic University [[Orne Library]].)

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	The first printed book on cryptography. The codes that Trithemius invented and described in this book, notably the "Ave Maria" cipher, which takes up the bulk of the work (each word representing a letter, with consecutive tables making it possible to so arrange a code that it will read as a prayer), and the "square table", a sophisticated system of coding using multiple alphabets, were used for centuries. The remarkable title page is composed of a 7 woodcut blocks, showing the author presenting his book, and a bearded monk presenting a pair of keys, to the Emperor Maximilian. This block is within historiated woodcut borders of scholars holding emblems of science, arms of Maximilian and three other armorial shields at corners, and a reclining portrait of Trithemius himself at bottom.		The first printed book on cryptography. The codes that Trithemius invented and described in this book, notably the "Ave Maria" cipher, which takes up the bulk of the work (each word representing a letter, with consecutive tables making it possible to so arrange a code that it will read as a prayer), and the "square table", a sophisticated system of coding using multiple alphabets, were used for centuries. The remarkable title page is composed of a 7 woodcut blocks, showing the author presenting his book, and a bearded monk presenting a pair of keys, to the Emperor Maximilian. This block is within historiated woodcut borders of scholars holding emblems of science, arms of Maximilian and three other armorial shields at corners, and a reclining portrait of Trithemius himself at bottom.

	One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').		One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').


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	Describes the use of a deck of card to encode secret information by writing on the sides of the deck in a known order, then shuffling the cards to destroy the order and render the message illegible to anyone not familiar with the stack.		Describes the use of a deck of card to encode secret information by writing on the sides of the deck in a known order, then shuffling the cards to destroy the order and render the message illegible to anyone not familiar with the stack.

	One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').		One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').


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	Describes an polyalphabetic encryption system, a type of substitution cipher, the same letter may, depending on its position, be replaced by different letters, unlike a monoalphabetic encryption system. This method thus resists frequency analysis, which is a decisive advantage over monoalphabétic ciphers. Vigenère's cipher was broken by the Prussian major Friedrich Kasiski who published his method in 1863, and it no longer provides any security.		Describes an polyalphabetic encryption system, a type of substitution cipher, the same letter may, depending on its position, be replaced by different letters, unlike a monoalphabetic encryption system. This method thus resists frequency analysis, which is a decisive advantage over monoalphabétic ciphers. Vigenère's cipher was broken by the Prussian major Friedrich Kasiski who published his method in 1863, and it no longer provides any security.

	One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').		One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').


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	Falconer’s ''Cryptomenysis Patefacta'', or ''Cryptomenysis patefacta; or, The art of secret information disclosed without a key. Containing, plain and demonstrative rules, for decyphering all manner of secret writing. With exact methods, for resolving secret intimations by signs or gestures, or in speech. As also an inquiry into the secret ways of conveying written messages, and the several mysterious proposals for secret information, mentioned by Trithemius, etc.''		Falconer’s ''Cryptomenysis Patefacta'', or ''Cryptomenysis patefacta; or, The art of secret information disclosed without a key. Containing, plain and demonstrative rules, for decyphering all manner of secret writing. With exact methods, for resolving secret intimations by signs or gestures, or in speech. As also an inquiry into the secret ways of conveying written messages, and the several mysterious proposals for secret information, mentioned by Trithemius, etc.''

	One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').		One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').


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	rcles. For each example, the letters of the alphabet were inscribed within the shapes. In some cases, multiple letters of the alphabet are contained in the same cell. In these cases, the person decrypting the message may need to figure out from the context which letter was more likely in the original message.		rcles. For each example, the letters of the alphabet were inscribed within the shapes. In some cases, multiple letters of the alphabet are contained in the same cell. In these cases, the person decrypting the message may need to figure out from the context which letter was more likely in the original message.

	One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').		One of various books on codes and cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'').


	=== Others ===		=== Others ===
	In [[The Dunwich Horror]], Lovecraft mentions other books by Davys, Thicknesse, Blair, and von Marten in the subject of cryptography ("Davys’ and Thicknesse’s eighteenth-century treatises").		In [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]], Lovecraft mentions other books by Davys, Thicknesse, Blair, and von Marten in the subject of cryptography ("Davys’ and Thicknesse’s eighteenth-century treatises").

	==== Thicknesse's Treatise ====		==== Thicknesse's Treatise ====