[WITCHCRAFT]. HUTCHINSON, FRANCIS. An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft [Bound with:] A Defence of the Compassionate Address to Papists. London: for R. Knaplock and D. Midwinter 1718. 2 vols. in one, 8vo, 195 x 119 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.), contemporary English red goatskin, tooled in gilt to an all-over "cottage-roof" pattern with swirling volutes and acorn, flower and star tools, central lozenge enclosing the crowned initials "PW", apparently for George II, Prince of Wales, rebacked, original gold-tooled spine laid down, corners and extremities chafed, g.e., slipcase, occasional slight dust-soiling to upper margins. FIRST EDITION, half-title, title within double rule border.