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Lot 680
[SALEM WITCH TRIALS]. MATHER, Cotton [and] Increase. The Wonders of the Invisible World... London: John Russell Smith, 1862.
Estimate: $200 - $400
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$500
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[SALEM WITCH TRIALS]. MATHER, Cotton [and] Increase. The Wonders of the Invisible World. Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New England... To Which Is Added a Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches... London: John Russell Smith, 1862. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece. 291 pp. Near contemporary library binding of full burgundy cloth, printed paper spine label. FIRST EDITION THUS OF THIS RARE ENGLISH REPRINT OF MATHER'S HISTORY OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS. This is the first lengthy account of the Salem Witch Trials. This is a significant 19th century edition of this work, first published in 1691.
Condition
Some rubbing, toning to binding, endleaves offset, bookplate for Fifield Memorial and bookseller's description affixed to fp. Very good.
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