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A system of magick

or, A history of the black art. Being an historical account of mankind's most early dealing with the devil; and how the acquaintance on both sides first began...

by Daniel Defoe

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

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of A system of magick (1726). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Magic, Magie, Ouvrages avant 1800, Devil, Démon, Illusion (performing art), Magic (occult science)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Occult sciences” and “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subject metadata.

    • Occult sciences· via Open Library
    • Occultism· via Open Library
    • occult· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • Magic· via Open Library
    • magick· in title
    • Magic· in subject
    • magick· in edition title

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Editions

Open Library reports 3 editions; 1 cataloged here.

or, A history of the black art. Being an historical account of mankind's most early dealing with the devil; and how the acquaintance on both sides first began...

Open Library record

1727Printed: and sold by J. RobertsEnglishNo 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:OL45246W
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