Testimony against prophane customs : namely, health drinking, dicing, cards, Christmas-keeping, New Year's gifts, cock-scaling, saints' days, etc. / by Increase Mather ; reprinted from the 1687 ed., with an introduction and notes by William Peden, and a bibliographical note by Lawrence Starkey.
By: Mather, Increase
Material type: TextPublisher: Charlottesville : Published by the University of Virginia Press for the Tracy W. McGregor Library, 1953Description: 59 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Manners and customs | Amusements -- Moral and ethical aspects | SinDDC classification: 248 LOC classification: BV4625 | .M35 1953Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The 1687 edition has title: A testimony against several prophane and superstitious customs, now practised by some in New-England. London, 1687.