Scarce second London edition, one of three published within a year of the first, of Mather’s theological interpretation of the Salem witch trials, “the most important of the contemporary narratives.” Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. Octavo, period-style plain tan wrappers pp. Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England… London: for John Dunton, 1693. “A PEOPLE OF GOD SETTLED IN THOSE WHICH WERE ONCE THE DEVIL’S TERRITORIES”: COTTON MATHER’S IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS, WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD, 1693
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