The right way to shake off a viper
Subtitle: 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
Edition: The second impression. [Eight lines of quotations
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 2143
Publisher: Printed by S. Kneeland, for S. Gerrish, and sold at his shop.
Published: 1720
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Libel and slander
Notes: Caption title: The true way of shaking off a viper.

Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes.

"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.

Signatures: A-F⁶ G⁴.

Evans 2143

Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 335-B

Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 98