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An essay for the recording of illustrious providences : wherein, an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events, which have happened in this last age; especially in New-England. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts].

Author/creator Mather, Increase, 1639-1723
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston in New-England : [by Samuel Green] and are to be sold by George Calvert at the Sign of the Half-Moon in Pauls Church-Yard, London, 1684.
Description22 unnumbered pages, 372 pages, 10 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 373
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 373. ^A478749
General note"The work is a collection of accounts of happenings of rare, extraordinary and marvellous nature; of storms at sea with remarkable deliverances; of lightning, magnetism, earthquakes, and other natural phenomena; and of demons and witchcraft."--Holmes.
General noteRe-issue, with cancelled title page, of the Boston edition printed by Samuel Green in 1684. See Holmes.
General noteRunning title: Remarkable providences.
General noteSignatures: A⁸(-A1, -+A2) a⁴ B-2A⁸ 2B⁸(-2B8) (a4 verso, 2B7 verso blank).
General noteErrata note, p. 372.
General noteBookseller's advertisement, p. [9] at end.
References Evans 373
References Wing (2nd ed.) M1208
References Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 52-C
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 373).
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.
Other titleRemarkable providences.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 373 ✔ Available