Robert Calef (baptized 2 November 1648 – 13 April 1719) was a cloth merchant in colonial Boston. He was the author of More Wonders of the Invisible World, a book composed throughout the mid-1690s denouncing the recent Salem witch trials of 1692–1693 and particularly examining the influential role played by Cotton Mather. (From Wikipedia) More about Robert Calef:
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| | Books by Robert Calef: Calef, Robert, 1648-1719: More Wonders of the Invisible World (London: Printed for N. Hillar and J. Collier, 1700), contrib. by Cotton Mather Calef, Robert, 1648-1719: More Wonders of the Invisible World: or, The Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed, in Five Parts (Salem, MA: Reprinted by John D. and T. C. Cushing, Jr. for Cushing and Appleton, 1823) Calef, Robert, 1648-1719, contrib.: Salem Witchcraft: Comprising More Wonders of the Invisible World, Collected by Robert Calef; and Wonders of the Invisible World, by Cotton Mather, Together with Notes and Explanations (Salem, MA: Ives and Smith, 1861), ed. by Samuel P. Fowler, also contrib. by Cotton Mather Calef, Robert, 1648-1719, contrib.: Salem Witchcraft: Comprising More Wonders of the Invisible World, Collected by Robert Calef; and Wonders of the Invisible World, by Cotton Mather, Together with Notes and Explanations (Boston: W. Veazie, 1865), ed. by Samuel P. Fowler, also contrib. by Cotton Mather (page images at HathiTrust) Calef, Robert, 1648-1719, contrib.: The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, as Exhibited By Dr. Cotton Mather, in The Wonders of the Invisible World, and By Mr. Robert Calef, in His More Wonders of the Invisible World (3 volumes; Roxbury, MA: Printed for W.E. Woodward, 1866), ed. by Samuel G. Drake, also contrib. by Cotton Mather
Additional books by Robert Calef in the extended shelves: Calef, Robert, 1648-1719: The witchcraft delusion in New England : its rise, progress, and termination, as exhibited by Dr. Cotton Mather, in The wonders of the invisible world; and by Mr. Robert Calef, in his More wonders of the invisible world (Printed for W. E. Woodward, 1866), also by Samuel G. Drake and Cotton Mather (page images at HathiTrust) Calef, Robert, 1648-1719: The witchcraft delusion in New England; its rise, progress, and termination, as exhibited by Dr. Cotton Mather, in The wonders of the invisible world; and by Mr. Robert Calef, in his More wonders of the invisible world. With a preface, introduction, and notes, by Samuel G. Drake ... 2 (Printed for W.E. Woodward, 1866), also by Samuel Gardner Drake and Cotton Mather (page images at HathiTrust)
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