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Libra Esoterica

A journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again

Translated from a manuscript, written by the prefetto of Egypt, in company with some missionaries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo. To which are added remarks on the origin of hieroglyphics, and the mythology of the ancient heathens. Dedicated to the Society of Antiquaries, London

by Robert Clayton

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  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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1 unnumbered leaf, 138 page, II preliminary leaves ; (4to)

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

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

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

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1753-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : W. BowyerEnglish—Public digitized item

Translated from a manuscript, written by the prefetto of Egypt, in company with some missionaries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo. To which are added remarks on the origin of hieroglyphics, and the mythology of the ancient heathens. Dedicated to the Society of Antiquaries, London

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1753Printed for W. Bowyer ; and sold by J. Ward (etc.)English—No ebook

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  • 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.
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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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openlibrary-work:OL10319789W
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