A collection of modern relations of matter of fact, concerning witches & witchcraft upon the persons of people. : To which is prefixed a meditation concerning the mercy of God, in preserving us from the malice and power of evil angels.
A 1693 London book printed for John Harris, a collection of reported witchcraft cases by Edward Stephens with a prefatory meditation attributed to Sir Matthew Hale, aimed at readers interested in witchcraft and providence. The pictures are small woodcut and engraved plates: a Boston Public Library seal in a laurel wreath, a robed magician with a circle and a demon beside a cabinet of books, and a heraldic shield with fleurs-de-lis and diamond charges, useful for designers wanting period emblems, borders, and occult motifs.
