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An historical essay concerning witchcraft

with observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar errors about that point. And also two sermons: one in proof of the Christian religion, the other concerning the good and evil angels

by Francis Hutchinson

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

Description

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of An historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic, Demonology, angelology, and possession

Subjects: Early works to 1800, History, Witchcraft, Demonology, angels

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “Witchcraft” in the edition title.

    • “Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “Witchcraft”· in title
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
    • “Witchcraft”· in edition title
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Angels” and “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the subtitle, “Angels” in the subject metadata, “Demonology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Angels”· via Open Library
    • “Demonology”· via Open Library
    • “Angels”· in subtitle
    • “Angels”· in subject
    • “Demonology”· in subject
    • “Angels”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 5 editions; 2 cataloged here.

With observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar errors about that point. And also two sermons: one in proof of the Christian religion, the other concerning the good and evil angels.

Open Library record

1718R. Knaplock, and D. MidwinterEnglish—No ebook

with observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar errors about that point. And also two sermons: one in proof of the Christian religion, the other concerning the good and evil angels

Open Library record

1718Printed for R. Knaplock, and D. MidwinterEnglish—No ebook

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL12008103W
Edition coverage
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