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The impossibility of witchcraft

plainly proving, from Scripture and reason, that there never was a witch, and that it is both irrational and impious to believe there ever was : in which the depositions against Jane Wenham, lately try'd and condemn'd for a witch, at Hertford, are confuted and expos'd

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  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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None of the 2 sources behind this record supplied a summary of The impossibility of witchcraft (1712). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic

Subjects: Witchcraft, Early works to 1800, Great Britain, Wenham, Jane, -1730, Jane Wenham

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda and wellcome matched “Witchcraft” and “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “Witchcraft” in the edition title.

    • “Witchcraft”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “witchcraft”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Witchcraft”· in title
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
    • “Witchcraft”· in edition title

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

plainly proving, from Scripture and reason, that there never was a witch, and that it is both irrational and impious to believe there ever was : in which the depositions against Jane Wenham, lately try'd and condemn'd for a witch, at Hertford, are confuted and expos'd

University of Pennsylvania digitized edition

8 unnumbered pages, 36 pages ; 20 cm (8vo); Culture Class Collection copy has leaves A2, A3, and F2 detached.; Culture Class Collection copy has title leaf wanting.; Lea Library copy has the bookplate and autograph, dated 1909, of Henry Charles Lea.; Lea Library copy has the bookplate of Charles F. Cox on front pastedown; ms. notes in pencil on front free end paper; scrap of paper with bookseller's printed information laid in.; Lea Library copy is no. 5 in a vol. of 8 works bound together.; Leaf D2 is unsigned.; Pages 17-24 incorrectly numbered 25-32, respectively.; Signatures: A-E⁴ F².

1712Printed, and sold by J. Baker ..English—Public download

plainly proving, from scripture and reason, that there never was a witch; and that it is both irrational and impious to believe there ever was. In which the depositions against Jane Wenham, lately try'd and condemn'd for a witch, at Hertford, are confuted and expos'd

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

8 unnumbered pages, 31 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8vo (19 cm)

1712Printed, and sold by J. Baker, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-RowEnglish—Public digitized item

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Identifiers & provenance

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3mw29g9n
Wellcome

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9944284323503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Lea Collection, S-22.2.6; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, EC7 A100 712i
  • Provenance: Cox, Charles F. (bookplate); Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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colenda:81431-p3mw29g9n
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