WITCHCRAFT] HUTCHINSON, FRANCIS. An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft ... London: R. Knaplock, 1718. First edition. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving much of the original gilt tooled and lettered spine. 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (20 x 12 cm); xv, [5], 270, [2] pp., with half-title and ad leaf. Foxing to endleaves, hinges split, a clean copy. Hutchinson's work together with Scot's Discoverie... helped to debunk much of the superstition over diabolical witchcraft. The author, an Anglican cleric, was a powerful advocate for "the miserable creatures [who] have been hang'd or burnt as witches and wizzards." Of note is a chapter devoted to the witchcraft trials in New England, which resulted in nineteen hangings, and an attack on Cotton Mather. Howes H848; Sabin 34063. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber
WITCHCRAFT] HUTCHINSON, FRANCIS. An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft ... London: R. Knaplock, 1718. First edition. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving much of the original gilt tooled and lettered spine. 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (20 x 12 cm); xv, [5], 270, [2] pp., with half-title and ad leaf. Foxing to endleaves, hinges split, a clean copy. Hutchinson's work together with Scot's Discoverie... helped to debunk much of the superstition over diabolical witchcraft. The author, an Anglican cleric, was a powerful advocate for "the miserable creatures [who] have been hang'd or burnt as witches and wizzards." Of note is a chapter devoted to the witchcraft trials in New England, which resulted in nineteen hangings, and an attack on Cotton Mather. Howes H848; Sabin 34063. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber
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