Spirits personating Men, written at the Request of the Ministers of New England (the latter with a separate title), some headlines shaved, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, J. Dunton, 1693, small 4to. (186) B. F. Stevens, £7 15s. 3861 America. [Rathband (W.)] A Briefe Narration of some Church Courses held in Opinion and Practice in the Churches lately erected in New England, etc., morocco plain, g. e., by Rivière, G. M. for E. Brewster, 1644, small 4to. (187) B. F. Stevens, £3 8s. 3862 America. Pelham (Edw.) God's Power and Providence, shewed in the Miraculous Preservation and Deliverance of eight Englishmen, left by Mischance in Green-land, anno 1630, nine moneths and twelve days, etc. (no map), unbound, R. Y. for John Partridge, 1631, small 4to. (188) H. Stevens, £1 25. 3863 Andreini (Francesco). Le Brauvre del Capitano Spavento, divise in molti ragionmenti in Forma di Dialogo, portrait of the author, original vellum, Venetia, 1607, 4to. (190) Pearson, £4 10s. 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