The wonders of the invisible world displayed : in five parts / collected by Robert Calef.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calef, Robert, 1648-1719.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--New England.

Witchcraft.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Wonders of the invisible world.

Mather, Cotton.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Pietas in patriam. The life of Sir W. Phips.

Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695.

Phips, William.

Rule, Margaret, fl. 1693.

Rule, Margaret.

Parris, Samuel, 1653-1720.

Parris, Samuel.

Corey, Giles, 1611?-1692.

Corey, Giles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p., [2] leaves of plates ) ill. ;

Edition:

New ed.

Other Title:

Wonders of the invisible world displayed

Place of Publication:

Boston : T. Bedlington, 1828 (Woodstock, Vt. : D. Watson)

Contents:

pt. 1. An account of the sufferings of Margaret Rule, written by the Rev. Cotton Mather

Pt. 2. Several letters to the author, &c. and his reply relating to witchcraft

Pt. 3. The differences between the inhabitants of Salem village, and Mr. Parris, their minister, in New England

Pt. 4. Letters of a gentleman uninterested, endeavouring to prove the received opinions about witchcraft to be orthodox : with short essays to their answers

Pt. 5. A short historical account of matters of fact in that affair.

Notes:

Added t.p., engraved.

A reply to Cotton Mather's "The wonders of the invisible world."

Originally published in London, 1700, under title: More wonders of the invisible world displayed.

"Postscript" (relating to Cotton Mather's life of Sir William Phips): p. [303]-327.

"Giles Cory" (a report of his examination, taken from the witchcraft records): p. [329]-333.

Error in paging: p. 107 misnumbered 83.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 9927.

OCLC:

12