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Libra Esoterica

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

by Donald MacLeod

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

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
  • Retained metadata contains “Extrasensory perception” in the subject metadata and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.

    • Extrasensory perception· in subject
    • Parapsychology· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Precognition”. Retained metadata contains “Second sight” in the title, “Precognition” in the subject metadata, and “Second sight” in the edition title.

    • 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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Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

vi, xix pages, 3 unnumbered leaves, 192 pages ; (12mo)

1763Printed by Ruddiman, Auld and CompanyEnglishPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • 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>
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openlibrary-work:OL29255380W
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