Rare work detailed the trial of the last woman to be condemned for witchcraft in England
Bid to £2000 at Dominic Winter (20% buyer’s premium) was a 1712 first of Francis Bragge’s 'Witchcraft Farther Display’d', a rare work that opens with an account of the case of Jane Wenham – the last woman to be condemned for witchcraft in England.
When the judge at her trial was assured by her accusers that Jane could fly, he pointed out that t…