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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, dæmoniacks, conjurers, of elves, fairies, of dreams, the philosopher's-stone, judicial astrology : with notes containing a multitude of quotations out of those books, which have either caused such extravagant imaginations, or may serve to cure them

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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None of the 2 sources behind this record supplied a summary of A history of the ridiculous extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle (1711). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, Astrology, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Legendary beings and transformations

Subjects: Occultism, Early works to 1800, Apparitions

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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 matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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

    Retained metadata contains “magick” in the subtitle and “magick” in the edition subtitle.

    • “magick”· in subtitle
    • “magick”· in edition subtitle
  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subtitle and “Astrology” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Astrology”· in subtitle
    • “Astrology”· in edition subtitle
  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the subject metadata.

    • “apparitions”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Apparitions”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the subtitle and “Fairies” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Fairies”· in subtitle
    • “Fairies”· in edition subtitle

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occasion'd by his reading books treating of magick, the black art, dæmoniacks, conjurers, of elves, fairies, of dreams, the philosopher's-stone, judicial astrology : with notes containing a multitude of quotations out of those books, which have either caused such extravagant imaginations, or may serve to cure them

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 ..English, French—Public download

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Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3m04001k
Wellcome

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
  • 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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colenda:81431-p3m04001k
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