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Libra Esoterica

An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions

Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692

by James Thacher

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

Also available in digital form.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “Witchcraft” in the edition subtitle.

    • witchcraft· via Project Gutenberg
    • Witchcraft· in subtitle
    • Witchcraft· in subject
    • Witchcraft· in edition subtitle
  • Controlled discovery queries from library-of-congress, project-gutenberg, and wellcome matched “demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the title and “Demonology” in the edition title.

    • demonology· via Library of Congress
    • demonology· via Project Gutenberg
    • demonology· via Wellcome Collection
    • Demonology· in title
    • Demonology· in edition title
  • Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the title, “Ghosts” in the title, “Apparitions” in the edition title, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • ghosts· via Wellcome Collection
    • Apparitions· in title
    • Ghosts· in title
    • Apparitions· in edition title
    • Ghosts· in edition title

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

Library of Congress digitized edition

1831EnglishPublic digital item

Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692

Project Gutenberg electronic edition

Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition.

2015-06-06Project GutenbergEnglishPublic domain (USA)

also, an account of the witchcraft delusion at Salem, in 1692

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

iv, 234 pages ; 17 cm

1831Carter and HendeeEnglishPublic digitized item

Subjects

8 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

Library of Congress
  • 11006868

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Cataloging notes

  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
Catalog id
project-gutenberg:49152
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