A KEY INFLUENCE ON COTTON MATHER DURING THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
(WITCHCRAFT) (BROWNE, Thomas) (HALE, Sir Matthew). A Tryal of Witches, at the Assizes…1664. London, 1682.
First edition of the principal account of one of the key witchcraft trials of the 17th century, a psychiatric and legal cornerstone so influential upon Cotton Mather's thinking that "the Salem witch-hunts might not have taken place if there had not been a trial at Bury St. Edmonds." Attractively bound by Carss & Co., Glasgow. $15,000.
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“SUCH WORKS… ARE THE RAILROADS TO LEARNING”
ROBERTSON, William. Works. London, 1824. Twelve volumes. “New Edition” of Robertson’s lauded histories of Scotland, Charles V and the New World, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait and seven folding plates (six maps), handsomely bound. $2200.
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“YOU STOLE MY WISDOM AND IT HAS BROKEN YOUR NECK”
STEPHENS, James. The Crock of Gold. London, 1912.
First edition of James Stephens’ masterpiece, beautifully bound in full pictorial morocco-gilt by Bayntun Riviere. $600.
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