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A free and impartial enquiry into the antiquity and efficacy of touching for the cure of the King's evil

written some time since, in two letters : the one to Dr. Steigertahl ... : the other to Sir Hans Sloane ... : now first published, in order to a compleat confutation of that supposed supernatural power, lately justified in a pamphlet, intituled, A letter from a gentleman at Rome, to his friend in London, &c. : to which is added, A collection of records

by William Beckett

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of A free and impartial enquiry into the antiquity and efficacy of touching for the cure of the King's evil (1722). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Charms, Amulets, Therapeutic Touch, Royal touch, Scrofula, King's Evil

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Amulets” and “Charms”. Retained metadata contains “Amulets” in the subject metadata and “Charms” in the subject metadata.

    • Amulets· via Open Library
    • Charms· via Open Library
    • Amulets· in subject
    • Charms· in subject

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written some time since, in two letters : the one to Dr. Steigertahl ... : the other to Sir Hans Sloane ... : now first published, in order to a compleat confutation of that supposed supernatural power, lately justified in a pamphlet, intituled, A letter from a gentleman at Rome, to his friend in London, &c. : to which is added, A collection of records

Open Library record

1722Printed, and sold by J. Peele ...EnglishNo ebook

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  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL11969354W
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