MANUSCRIPT WITCHCRAFT TRIAL
Proceedings in The Trial of Helen Lauder in Dalcove
in the Parish of Mortoun Bewickshire for The Horrid
Crime of Witchcraft in the year 1662.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT
1662 (1849)
CURRENTLY RESERVED "From the Original Papers in the
possession of the
right Honourable Lord Polwarth at Mortoun".Pp 27 and
many more blanks (used to bulk out the binding). Full
embossed tan calf with raised bands and gilt
lettering to the spine.Exceptionally fine laid paper,
and with marbled endpapers .An 1849 transcription of
this witchcraft trial, important especially if the
original is no longer in existence.Helen Lauder was
found guilty and ordered to be strangled at the stake
and her body then to be burnt. Very interesting and
poignant.
keywords: Antiquarian Books, Manuscript, witchcraft,
condition: Very Good
type:
jacket: None Issued
binding: Disbound
£225.00
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