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Avesta

the religious books of the Parsees

by Arthur Henry Bleeck Friedrich Spiegel

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 3 volumes in 1 (xxiv, 156, 141, 214 pages) ; 22 cm "In three volumes" (with individual half title pages and separate paging) Vols. 2-3 have half-titles only "Excursus on the resemblance between the Parsee religion and certain portions of Freemasonry": v. 3, p. [193]-208 Includes bibliographical references (v. 3, pages 209-211) and index v. 1. Vendidad -- v. 2. Vispered and Yac̨na -- v. 3. Khordah-Avesta

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Freemasonry”. Retained metadata contains “Freemasonry” in the description and “Freemasonry” in the subject metadata.

    • Freemasonry· via Internet Archive
    • Freemasonry· in description
    • Freemasonry· in subject

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the religious books of the Parsees

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1864-01-01T00:00:00ZHertford : Printed for Muncherjee Hormusjee Cama by S. AustinEnglishPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • 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
  • Scanner: google
Catalog id
internet-archive:avestareligious00bleegoog
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