HUTCHINSON FRANCIS An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft

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HUTCHINSON, FRANCIS. An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft. xv, [5], 270, [2] pages, including half-title and final ad leaf. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked retaining most of worn original backstrip, with modern morocco lettering piece; early owner's signature on half-title, annotations on front endleaves, and scattered marginalia, stamp inked out on verso of title (showing through on recto) and in blank lower margin of page 113. London: R. Knaplock, 1718

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first edition, "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 718/89; Robbins, pages 253-54.