The mowing-Devil, or, Strange news out of Hartford-Shire ...

Folger bibliographic ID: 302255
ESTC number: R7687
Wing number: M2996
Folger call number: 267- 885q
Folger holdings ID: 421329
Accession Number: 267885

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General notes

Title continues: being a true relation of a farmer, who bargaining with a poor mower about the cutting down three half acres of oats, upon the mower's asking too much, the farmer swore that the Devil should mow it, rather than he : and so it fell out, that that very night, the crop of oats shew'd as if it had been all of a flame : but next morning appear'd so neatly mow'd by the Devil, or some infernal spirit, that no mortal man was able to do the like : also, how the said oats ly now in the field, and the owner has not power to fetch them away "Licensed, August 22th, 1678." Signatures: A⁴ With a mounted woodcut illustration on title page Portions also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger 267- 885q

Outer edge of woodcut mounted on title page slightly cropped, with border drawn in with brown ink. Quarter bound in modern mottled calf with marbled paper boards, gold-tooling on spine, gold fillets on boards, gold title on black leather spine label, anonymous binder's ticket. Bought from Webb Dordick, 2 May 2013 Adopted by Helen and David Kenney, in honor of Jerome Harclerode, our mowing-angel, Acquisitions Night 2014

Alternate titles: Strange news out of Hartford-Shire

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