The Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, Upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils: ... by Daemons and Witchcrafts ... and The... - Softcover

Mather, Cotton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1275720609 ISBN 13: 9781275720602

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012

Synopsis

Title: The wonders of the invisible world : observations as well historical as theological, upon the nature, the number, and the operations of the devils : accompany'd with I. Some accounts of the grievous molestations by daemons and witchcrafts ... and the trials of some eminent malefactors ... II. Some counsils, directing a due improvement of the terrible things, lately done, by the unusual & amazing range of evil spirits ... III. Some conjectures upon the great events, likely to befall, the world in general, and New-England in particular ... IV. A short narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swedeland ... V. The devil discovered, in a brief discourse upon those temptations, which are the more ordinary devices of the wicked one.

Author: Cotton Mather

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

Description:

Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP02269600

CollectionID: CTRG97-B2045

PublicationDate: 16930101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: "Published by special command of His Excellency the governour of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England": verso of t.p. "The devil discovered" has separate pagination. Errata: p. [1] at end of first part. Errors in paging: p. 89 misnumbered 79, p. 9-16, in second part, skipped in the numbering.

Collation: [31], 151, 32 [i.e. 24] p

About this title

About the Author:

Cotton Mather (1663-1728), trained at Harvard and ordained in 1685, was a Puritan pastor and scholar in Boston.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1275720609
• ISBN 13: 9781275720602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210