The right way to shake off a viper : An essay, upon a case too commonly calling for consideration; what shall good men do, when they are evil spoken of? : With a preface of Dr. Increase Mather.
| Author/creator | Mather, Cotton |
| Other author | Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The second impression. [Eight lines of quotations]. |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by S. Kneeland, for S. Gerrish, and sold at his shop, 1720. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, xiv, 64 pages ; 16 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2143. ^A478749 |
| General note | Caption title: The true way of shaking off a viper. |
| General note | Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. |
| General note | "The first edition was London, 1711. There was only one Boston printing [i.e., the so-called 'second impression'] ..."--Shipton & Mooney . Evans entry 2142 (for a first Boston impression) is a ghost. |
| References | Evans 2143 |
| References | Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 335-B |
| References | Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 98 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2143). |
| Genre/form | Sermons 1720. |