{"product_id":"rare-puritan-and-other-tracts-on-witches-witchcraft-cromwell-reprinted-1876","title":"Rare Puritan and other Tracts on Witches, Witchcraft, Cromwell, reprinted 1876","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracts (Chiefly Rare and Curious Reprints), relating to Northamptonshire. With Illustrations.\u003c\/strong\u003e Northampton: Printed \u0026amp; Published by Taylor \u0026amp; Son; London: Reeves \u0026amp; Turner, 1876. [12524]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen cloth, 8 1\/2 x 5 3\/4 inches, each of the 15 tracts are numbered separately, most have reproduced original title pages, the texts are clean. There is a 20 pp. publisher's catalogue at the end, with one book description clipped out. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of 15 tracts previously issued by Taylor \u0026amp; Son, here reprinted and bound. Includes the title pages. The collection is mainly from Puritan authors, but others are included (it is difficult to fit everything into a headline).  The exact list of contents is the third photo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeven pertain to witches and witchcraft, and are from the 17th or early 18th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne is on the Gunpowder Treason, and includes \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Gunpowder Plot\u003c\/em\u003e, written by King James.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo pertain to the fires in Northampton in 1675 and earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne is on the Political History of the Family of Maunsell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother is \"A True Relation of Colonel Cromwels [sic] Proceedings against the Cavaliers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne is on the History of Sunday Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe next is \"A Testimony against Periwigs and Periwig-Making, and Playing on Instruments of Musick among Christians, or any other in the days of the Gospel,\" first printed 1667.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last item is an Index to Places in Baker's \u003cem\u003eHistory of Northamptonshire\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorthamptonshire was a Parliamentarian stronghold, inhabited primarily by Puritan Independents who supported Oliver Cromwell. One of the Maunsell family - whose history is reprinted here - John Maunsell, was a Lieutenant for Cromwell. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Mulliner, the writer of the tract against perriwigs, or wig-wearing, was a Quaker.  A barber and wig-maker, when he became a Quaker he publicly burned his wigs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45562736083010,"sku":"ABE12524","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09222BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1792006690","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/rare-puritan-and-other-tracts-on-witches-witchcraft-cromwell-reprinted-1876","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}