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A critical history of the Celtic religion and learning

containing an account of the druids; or, the priests and judges, of the vaids, or the diviners and physicians; and of the bards, or the poets and heralds; of the ancient Gauls, Britons, Irish and Scots

Also known as A critical history of the Celtic religion and learning: containing an account of the Druids ... with the history of Abaris, the Hyperborian, priest of the sun; to which is added, an abstract of the life of the author

by John Toland

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  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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252 pages ; 22 cm (8vo) Running title: The history of the druids The "Abstract of the life of the author" is based on the biography by Pierre Desmaizeaux "Vocabularium armorico-hibernicum": p. [242]-248

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Druidism”. Retained metadata contains “Druidism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

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with the history of Abaris, the hyperborean priest of the sun : to which is added an abstract of the life of the author

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1815-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed by Macdonald and son for Lackinton, Allen, and co.English—Public digitized item

containing an account of the druids; or, the priests and judges, of the vaids, or the diviners and physicians; and of the bards, or the poets and heralds; of the ancient Gauls, Britons, Irish and Scots

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1740Lackington, Hughes, Harding; London : Lackington, Hughes, HardingEnglish—Public

containing an account of the Druids ... with the history of Abaris, the Hyperborian, priest of the sun; to which is added, an abstract of the life of the author.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1815Edinburgh, Findlay; FindlayEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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