- Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
- Parapsychology and psychical research
- Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition
- Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies
A treatise on the second sight, dreams and apparitions; with several instances sufficiently attested, and an appendix of others equally authentic; The whole illustrated with letters to and from the author on the subject of his treatise; and a short dissertation on the mischievous effects of loose principles
- First published:
- 18th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
vi, xix pages, 3 unnumbered leaves, 192 pages ; (12mo) Index: p. 183-192
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Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the title and “Apparitions” in the edition title.
- “apparitions”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Apparitions”· in title
- “Apparitions”· in edition title
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Extrasensory perception” and “Parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Extrasensory perception” in the subject metadata and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.
- “Extrasensory perception”· via Internet Archive
- “Parapsychology”· via Internet Archive
- “Extrasensory perception”· via Open Library
- “Parapsychology”· via Open Library
- “Extrasensory perception”· in subject
- “Parapsychology”· in subject
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Precognition”. Retained metadata contains “Second sight” in the title, “Precognition” in the subject metadata, and “Second sight” in the edition title.
- “Precognition”· via Internet Archive
- “Precognition”· via Open Library
- “Second sight”· in title
- “Precognition”· in subject
- “Second sight”· in edition title
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “dreams”. Retained metadata contains “Dreams” in the title and “Dreams” in the edition title.
- “dreams”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Dreams”· in title
- “Dreams”· in edition title
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Editions
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan vi, xix pages, 3 unnumbered leaves, 192 pages ; (12mo) | 1763 | Edinburgh : Printed by Ruddiman, Auld and Company; Printed by Ruddiman, Auld and Company | English | — | Public |
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Identifiers
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- Wellcome
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- Open LibraryOL29255380W (opens in a new tab)
- Wellcome Collectione4j3v3fk (opens in a new tab)
Found via
- “Extrasensory perception” in Internet Archive
- “Parapsychology” in Internet Archive
- “Precognition” in Internet Archive
- “Precognition” in Open Library
- “Extrasensory perception” in Open Library
- “Parapsychology” in Open Library
- “Precognition” in Open Library
- “apparitions” in Wellcome Collection
- “dreams” in Wellcome Collection
Cataloging notes
- 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.
- Scanner: scribe2.euston.archive.org
- 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
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL29255380W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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