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Record Nr.

UNISA996394877303316

Autore

Mather Cotton <1663-1728.>

Titolo

The wonders of the invisible world [[electronic resource] ] : observations as well historical as theological upon the nature, the number and the operations of the devils : accompany'd with I. Some accounts of the grievous molestations by dœmons and witchcrafts ... and the trials of some eminent malefactors ... II. Some counsils directing a due improvement of the terrible things lately done by the unusual & amazing range of evil spirits ... III. Some conjectures upon the great events likely to befall the world in general and New-England in particular ... IV. A short narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swedeland ... V. The devil discovered, in a brief discourse upon those temptations which are the more ordinary devices of the wicked one / / by Cotton Mather

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Printed by Benj. Harris for Sam. Phillips, 1693

Descrizione fisica

[32], 151, [1], 32 [i.e. 24] p

Soggetti

Witchcraft - New England

Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published by special command of His Excellency the governour of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England": verso of t.p.

"The devil discovered" has separate pagination.

Errata: p. [1] at end of first part.

Errors in paging: p. 89 misnumbered 79, p. 9-16, in second part, skipped in the numbering.

Imperfect: tightly bound, faded and stained, with some loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018