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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
  • Content type: Primary source

vi, xix pages, 3 unnumbered leaves, 192 pages ; (12mo) Index: p. 183-192

Provenance

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

1763Edinburgh : Printed by Ruddiman, Auld and Company; Printed by Ruddiman, Auld and CompanyEnglish—Public

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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:OL29255380W
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