AN ESSAY FOR THE RECORDING OF ILLUSTRIOUS PROVIDENCES
Book Details + Condition: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints (Delmar, NY). First Edition thus, 1977 (originally published in 1684). Scarce facsimile edition, as there are no copies available for sale, being retained at universities. Hardcover. 384 pages with a 20-page Introduction. By Increase Mather. "The work is a compilation of stories showing the hand of Divine Providence in rescuing people from natural and supernatural disasters. Some historians suggest that this book conditioned the minds of the populace for the witchcraft hysteria of Salem in 1692." [Wikpedia]
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. A firm and clean copy of a very scarce edition, with Parker's bookplate to inside front board, info to ffep and embossed stamp to next blank page; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.
