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An essay of the nature and actions of the subterranean (and for the most part,) invisible people, heretofoir going under the name of elves, faunes, and fairies, or the lyke among the low-country Scots, as they are described by those who have the second sight, and now to occasion further inquiry, collected and compared, by a circumspect inquirer residing among the Scottish-Irish in Scotland. With an appendix, consisting of extracts from A treatise on second sight, by Theophilus Insulanus. [Second title: Secret commonwealth, or, A treatise displaying the chiefe curiosities as they are in use among diverse of the people of Scotland to this day; - singularities for the most part peculiar to that nation

by Robert Kirk

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of An essay of the nature and actions of the subterranean (and for the most part,) invisible people, heretofoir going under the name of elves, faunes, and fairies, or the lyke among the low-country Scots, as they are described by those who have the second sight, and now to occasion further inquiry, collected and compared, by a circumspect inquirer residing among the Scottish-Irish in Scotland. With an appendix, consisting of extracts from A treatise on second sight, by Theophilus Insulanus. [Second title: Secret commonwealth, or, A treatise displaying the chiefe curiosities as they are in use among diverse of the people of Scotland to this day; - singularities for the most part peculiar to that nation (1815). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, Legendary beings and transformations

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “second sight”. Retained metadata contains “Second sight” in the title and “Second sight” in the edition title.

    • “second sight”· via National Library of Scotland
    • “Second sight”· in title
    • “Second sight”· in edition title
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the title and “Fairies” in the edition title.

    • “fairies”· via National Library of Scotland
    • “Fairies”· in title
    • “Fairies”· in edition title

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National Bibliography of Scotland record

4to; Reprinted

1815—English—Catalog record

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  • 9911438063804341

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