The wonders of the invisible world : 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 daemons and witchcrafts, which have lately annoy'd the countrey; and the trials of some eminent malefactors executed upon occasion thereof: with several remarkable curiosities therein occurring. II. Some councils, directing a due improvement of the terrible things, lately done, by the unusual & amazing range of evil spirits, in our neighbourhood: & the methods to prevent the wrongs which those evil angels may intend against all sorts of people among us; especially in accusations of the innocent. III. Some conjectures upon the great events, likely to befall, the world in general, and New-England in particular; as also upon the advances of the time, when we shall see better dayes. IV. A short narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swedeland, very much resembling, and so far explaining, that under which our parts of America have laboured! V. The Devil discovered: in a brief discourse upon those temptations, which are the more ordinary devices of the Wicked One. / By Cotton Mather.
Author/creator |
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Boston : printed, and sold by Benjamin Harris, 1693 [i.e., 1692] |
Description | 32 unnumbered pages, 151 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 32 [i.e., 24] pages ; 16 cm (8vo) |
Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
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Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 657. ^A478749 |
General note | Date of publication supplied by Holmes. |
General note | This issue not recorded by Evans or Bristol. Evans (entry 547) records the issue with imprint: Printed by Benj. Harris for Sam. Phillips. That issue is listed as number 39303 by Shipton & Mooney, who treat the present issue as Evans 657. |
General note | Errors in paging: p. 89 misnumbered 79; page numbers 9-16 omitted, last count. |
General note | Errata note. p. [152]. |
References | Evans 657 |
References | Wing (2nd ed.) M1173 |
References | Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 454-A2 |
Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 657). |
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