Mather Cotton (1663-1728)

Mather, Cotton (1663-1728), Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New England from Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the year...1698 , London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1702, first edition, contemporary tooled calf, seven books in one volume, with folding map fragmentary, folio, (lacking two leaves of appendix and portion of map, cover detached, bumped and worn). Church 806, Howes M391, Streeter I:658, McCorkle 702.3. Provenance: Thomas Robie (1688-1729), Harvard Class of 1708. Note: The present map constitutes the first 18th century general map of New England and is likely based on Philip Lea's 1680 map. Cotton Mather, whose primary notable act was his participation in the Salem Witch trials, was instrumental in establishing New England as a thriving center of commerce and culture as well as one of the founding members of Yale University.