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The wonders of the invisible world

being an account of the tryals of several witches lately executed in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring

Also known as The wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring; The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, by Cotton Mather, D.D.; To Which is Added a Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches, by Increase Mather, D.D., President of Harvard College; The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches, Lately Executed in New-England, And of Several Remarkable Curiosities Therein Occurring

by Cotton Mather, John Dunton, Increase Mather, Harry Houdini Collection & Harry Houdini Collection DLC

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  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"The Wonders of the Invisible World" by Cotton Mather is a book published in 1693. It defended Mather's role in the Salem witch trials, arguing that witchcraft was an evil magical power and witches were tools of Satan attempting to destroy the Puritan colony. Mather presented trial testimonies, including Martha Carrier's case, positioning himself as an unbiased historian while omitting any defenses. The work advocates for witch prosecution as a means to secure God's blessings for the colony. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Witchcraft”, “witchcraft”, and “witches”. Retained metadata contains “witches” in the subtitle, “witches” in the alternative title, “Witchcraft” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Witchcraft”· via Internet Archive
    • “Witchcraft”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “witchcraft”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “witches”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “witches”· in subtitle
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Angels”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 57 editions; 6 cataloged here.

being an account of the tryals of several witches lately executed in New-England

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

London: J. R. Smith, 1862

1862-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : J.R. Smith; London : John Russell SmithEnglish—Public digitized item

The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches, Lately Executed in New-England, And of Several Remarkable Curiosities Therein Occurring

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

unabridged edition; London: Reprinted for J. Denton, 1693

1693[London] : Printed first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the Poultry.English—Source listed online copy

The Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

based on the Boston first edition of 1693

1693———Source listed online copy

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  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: John Carter Brown Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: John Carter Brown Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Editors: Smolinski, Reiner
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 57 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: google
  • Scanner: ias11
  • Scanner: scribe1.providence.archive.org
  • Scanner: scribe2.il.archive.org
  • Scanner: station48.cebu.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1575 .M54 1692
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1575 .M54 1693
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1575 .M54 1693b
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1575 .M54 1862
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: based on the Boston first edition of 1693
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Boston: B. Harris, 1693 (actually 1692)
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: J. R. Smith, 1862
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: unabridged edition; London: Reprinted for J. Denton, 1693
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