1729 Cotton Mather 1ed PURITAN Early Americana Boston Salem Witch Trials RARE

1729 Cotton Mather 1^ed PURITAN Early Americana Boston Salem Witch Trials RARE

Cotton Mather legacy rests almost solely on his role in the history of the Salem Witch Trials. His authoritative book and establishment of the witch trial courts brought to light the evils of witchcraft and the sorcerous magic that witches performed in the Puritan colonies. Mather, along with other figures such as William Phips, believed that the persecution of witches was a way of preserving the Puritan life that God intended.

Cotton’s son, Samuel, wrote an important biographical sketch of the life of his father, much like Cotton did for his own father Increase. This book, as could be expected, focuses on the broad picture of Cotton’s life focusing on the good of his life – overcoming evils and hardship, rather than the controversy that so often was associated with his Puritan-leaning positions.

This 1729 first edition was published in Boston – an early printing of Americana!

Item number: #27368

Price: $2500

MATHER, Samuel

The life of the very reverend and learned Cotton Mather

Boston: Printed for Samuel Gerrish, 1729. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], iv, 6, 10, 186
• References: Sabin 36038
• Provenance: Handwritten – Will^m. Greenleaf
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
• Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable!

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