COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Author:
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
Author (contributor):
Livermore, George, 1809-1865
Author (contributor):
Freeling, Francis, Sir, 1764-1836
Author (contributor):
Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.
Author (contributor):
Stoughton, William, 1632-1701.
Title:
The wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately executed in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring. /
Publisher:
Printed first at Boston in New-England and reprinted at London for John Dunton at the Raven in the Poultry
Begin Publication Date:
1693
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991043404529106966
Permanent Call Number:
D Math C.454C
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
Accession number: 01968
Uniform Resource Identifier:
Subjects:
Witchcraft--New England.
Subjects:
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Subjects:
Imprint 1693.
General Note:
First printed in Boston, 1693 [that is, 1692].; The first London edition was also printed in London by John Dunton in the same year.; This present edition is an abridgement of the first London edition.; Signed and dated on page 60, 4th count: Boston Octob. 11. 1692. William Stoughton Samuel Sewell.; "The author's defence", pages [5-8], 1st count, written by William Stoughton, the lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts from 1692-1701.; Signatures: [A]² ([A]2 verso blank) B-D² (D2 verso blank) ²C-²D⁴ E-H⁴.; Errors in paging: page 47, 3rd count, misnumbered 46.; Title printed within double rule border.
Local Note:
Provenace of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Francis Freeling: bookplate on front pastedown; presentation inscription to John Carter Brown by George Livermore.