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Witchcraft.- Tryal of Witches (A), first edition, 1682.
Witchcraft.- Tryal of Witches (A), first edition, 1682.
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Witchcraft.- Tryal of Witches (A), at the Assizes Held at Bury St. Edmonds for the County of Suffolk; on the Tenth Day of March, 1664. Before Sir Matthew Hale... then Lord Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer, first edition, title within double-rule border, title lightly soiled and neatly restored at inner margin, 4ff. with neat repairs or small portions of restoration to margins, some occasional light marginal foxing or light soiling but good, clean copy generally, mottled calf, gilt, by Riviere, spine rubbed, [Wing T2240], 8vo, for William Shrewsbery at the Bible in Duck-Lane, 1682.

⁂ Scarce account of the one of the key witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century, sometimes attributed to Thomas Browne. Browne gave evidence at the trial and his citation of a similar trial in Denmark appeared to influence the jury to bring about a guilty conviction.
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Witchcraft.- Tryal of Witches (A), first edition, 1682.

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