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A history of the ridiculous extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle

occasion'd by his reading books treating of magick, the black-art... and other superstitious practices...

Also known as History of Monsieur Oufle

by Laurent Bordelon, M Oufle & Abbot B-----

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: English, French
  • Content type: Primary source
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4 unnumbered leaves, 303 pages ; (8vo)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Legendary beings and transformations, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

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

    • “Occultism”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “magick” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and “magick” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “magick”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “magick”· in edition subtitle
  • Astrology

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

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

    • “Apparitions”· via Internet Archive
    • “Apparitions”· via Open Library
    • “apparitions”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Apparitions”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1711-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed for J. MorphewEnglish, French—Public digitized item

occasion'd by his reading books treating of magick, the black-art... and other superstitious practices...

University of Pennsylvania digitized edition

8 unnumbered pages, 303 pages ; 20 cm (8vo); Lea Library copy has the bookplate and autograph, dated 1909, of Henry Charles Lea.; Lea Library copy has the bookplate of Charles F. Cox on front pastedown; ms. notes in pencil on front free end paper; scrap of paper with bookseller's printed information laid in.; Lea Library copy is no. 1 in a vol. of 8 works bound together.; Signatures: A⁴ B-V⁸.; T.p. within border of double rules.

1711printed for J. Morphew; Printed for J. Morphew; Printed for J. Morphew ..English, French—No ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • 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: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9944283933503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Lea Collection, S-22.2.6
  • Provenance: Cox, Charles F. (bookplate); Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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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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