An essay towards a theory of apparitions
by John Ferriar & Harry Houdini Collection DLC
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Mode of access: Internet
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Apparitions” and “apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the title, “Apparitions” in the subject metadata, and “Apparitions” in the edition title.
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- “Apparitions”· in edition title
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Editions
2 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan 1 unnumbered leaf, 139 pages ; (8vo) | 1813 | Cadell and Davies; London : Cadell and Davies; London, Cadell and Davies | English | — | Public | |
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record x, 139 pages ; 20 cm | 1813 | — | English | — | Public digitized item |
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Identifiers
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
- Contributing institution: New York Public Library
- Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
- Contributing institution: University of Michigan
- Contributing institution: unknown library
- Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
- Digitization sponsor: Google
- Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
- Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
- 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.
- Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
- Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
- Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
- Scanner: google
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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
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL6697411W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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