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HUTCHINSON, FRANCIS. An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft. [32], 336 pages, including half-title and ad leaf. 8vo, modern panelled calf in period style; light marginal dampstaining on opening leaves, scattered marginalia toward end. London: R. Knaplock and D. Midwinter, 1720
Second edition of a work first published in 1718, "especially valuable for its personal records of survivors . . . the Historical Essay was, in fact, a collection of famous trials interpreted from a pronounced skeptical point of view" (Robbins). Chapter 5 concerns witchcraft in New England. Alden 720/126; Robbins (1959), pages 253-54.
