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Record Nr.

UNISA996395978803316

Autore

Mather Increase <1639-1723.>

Titolo

Cases of conscience concerning evil spirits [[electronic resource] ] : personating men, witchcrafts, infallible proofs of guilt in such as are accused with that crime.  All considered according to the scriptures, history, experience, and the judgment of many learned men / / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard College at Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New-England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Printed and sold by Benjamin Harris at the London Coffee-House, 1693

Descrizione fisica

[6], 67, [7] p. : port

Altri autori (Persone)

WillardSamuel <1640-1707.>

MatherCotton <1663-1728.>

Soggetti

Witchcraft - New England

Conscience, Examination of

Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Christian reader" (A2r-A3v), signed by William Hubbard and 13 others, was written by Samuel Willard, one of the signatories. "The return of several ministers consulted by His Excellency" (G4) was written by Cotton Mather.  Cf. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Imperfect: some pages have faded print with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113