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The Wonders of the Invisible World

The Wonders of the Invisible World
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14.8 cm x 9.3 cm

Boston : Printed by Benj. Harris for Sam. Phillips, 1693 [i.e., 1692]


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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

Clergyman, author, and scholar Cotton Mather became known as the chief apologist for the Salem witchcraft trials with the publication of his The Wonders of the Invisible World in 1693. The book was controversial because it seemed to contradict Mather's earlier arguments for moderation and leniency.