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Libra Esoterica

An historical, genealogical, and classical dictionary

containing the lives and characters of all the illustrious personages in the several ages and nations of the world, who have signalized themselves either by their learning, valour, or virtue; ascertaining the chronology of facts according to the best authorities. Comprehending a compendious account of the most memorable events recorded in ancient and modern history : with an abstract of the system of heathen mythology, and of the history of the heathen deities in particular : the whole extracted from the most authentic histories, and digested in an exact alphabetical order. Calculated not only for the use of schools, but for all persons who are desirous of being acquainted with ancient and modern history : in two volumes

by Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson

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

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Traditions: Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Biography, Mythology, Dictionaries

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

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

    • “Mythology”· via Open Library
    • “Mythology”· in subtitle
    • “Mythology”· in subject
    • “Mythology”· in edition subtitle

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containing the lives and characters of all the illustrious personages in the several ages and nations of the world, who have signalized themselves either by their learning, valour, or virtue; ascertaining the chronology of facts according to the best authorities. Comprehending a compendious account of the most memorable events recorded in ancient and modern history : with an abstract of the system of heathen mythology, and of the history of the heathen deities in particular : the whole extracted from the most authentic histories, and digested in an exact alphabetical order. Calculated not only for the use of schools, but for all persons who are desirous of being acquainted with ancient and modern history : in two volumes

Open Library record

1743Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Katharine-Street in the StrandEnglish—No ebook

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