Lot 132
Witchcraft.- F. (H.) A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches, arraigned and executed in the County of Essex, first edition, 1645.
Hammer Price: £3,400
Description
Witchcraft.- F. (H.) A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches, arraigned and executed in the County of Essex, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcut initials and headpieces, light foxing to title, a few short repaired tears to margins, but a good copy generally, bookplate to pastedown, polished calf, gilt, by Bedford, neatly rebacked, retaining much of original backstrip, [Wing F23], sm. 4to, by M.S. for Henry Overton, and Benj. Allen, and are to be sold at their shops in Popes-head Alley, 1645.
⁂ Rare work that relates the "severall murthers, and devillish Witchcrafts committed on the bodies of men, women, and children, and divers cattle". ESTC calls for a frontispiece, however we can trace no example of a copy that includes one at auction.
Provenance: Cardiff Castle (bookplate).
Description
Witchcraft.- F. (H.) A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches, arraigned and executed in the County of Essex, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcut initials and headpieces, light foxing to title, a few short repaired tears to margins, but a good copy generally, bookplate to pastedown, polished calf, gilt, by Bedford, neatly rebacked, retaining much of original backstrip, [Wing F23], sm. 4to, by M.S. for Henry Overton, and Benj. Allen, and are to be sold at their shops in Popes-head Alley, 1645.
⁂ Rare work that relates the "severall murthers, and devillish Witchcrafts committed on the bodies of men, women, and children, and divers cattle". ESTC calls for a frontispiece, however we can trace no example of a copy that includes one at auction.
Provenance: Cardiff Castle (bookplate).
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