[Witchcraft] - F.H.

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches, arraigned and executed in the County of Essex. London: M.S. for Henry Overton and Benj. Allen, 1645
paper, ink, leather

4to (188 x 140 mm). Closed marginal tears repaired, but a large copy with deckle bottom edges preserved. Nineteenth-century calf by Bedford; rebacked.

Provenance

Cardiff Castle (bookplate)

Literature

Wing F23

Catalogue Note

first edition. Relates the sworn testimonies against women for murders and injuries to children and cattle. Rare, the work was reprinted once in 1837.