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Libra Esoterica

A suggestive inquiry into the hermetic mystery

with a dissertation on the more celebrated of the alchemical philosophers, being an attempt towards the recovery of the ancient experiment of nature.

by Mary Anne South Atwood & Mary Anne Atwood

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Published anonymously. Author's name appears in later ed., published: London : W. Tait, 1918 P. [2] at end is publisher's advertisement Includes errata (p. 1-2, 3rd sequence) Hogart, R. Alchemy Includes bibliographical references

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

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

    • Occultism· via Internet Archive
    • Occultism· via Open Library
    • Occultism· in subject
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openalex, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy” and “Hermeticism”. Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the title, “Alchemy” in the description, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Alchemy· via Internet Archive
    • Hermeticism· via OpenAlex
    • Alchemy· via Open Library
    • Hermeticism· via Open Library
    • hermetic· in title
    • Alchemy· in description

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Editions

5 editions cataloged here.

OpenAlex scholarly book record

1976-06-01Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglishUnknown

with a dissertation on the more celebrated of the alchemical philosophers, being an attempt towards the recovery of the ancient experiement of nature.

Open Library record

1918W. TaitEnglishPublic

with a dissertation on the more celebrated of the alchemical philosophers, being an attempt towards the recovery of the ancient experiment of nature.

Open Library record

1850T. SaundersEnglishNo ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • 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; gettyalchemy
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL12715906W
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