Item #2135 Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil. Samuel Drake, ardner.
Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil
Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil
Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil
Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil
Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil
"Yf any Man or Woman be a Witch, that is, hath or consulteth with a Familiar Spirit, they shall be put to death."

Annals of Witchcraft in New England, and Elsewhere in the United States, from their First Settlement. Drawn up from Unpublished and Other Well Authenticated Records of the Alleged Operations of Witches and Their Instigator, the Devil

Boston: W. Elliot Woodward, 1869. First Edition, limited to 275 copies. Typographical ornaments. Hardcover. Octavo. 306 pages.

A chronologically arranged compendium of colonial witchcraft accusations and trials, drawn from court records, sermons, early pamphlets, etc. A fascinating look at the evolution of superstition and the legal system in New England and other colonies through primary accounts with editorial commentary by a noted American antiquarian, author and historian.

Ref.SABIN 20867.

Bound in later green buckram over boards with gilt-stamped spine titles. Fore and bottom edges of textblock untrimmed by publisher. Small chip to lower fore corner of preliminary blank leaf, small bookplate at top fore corner of front pastedown. Clean and sound inside. Near fine overall.

Item #2135

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