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Libra Esoterica

Curious stories about fairies, and other funny people

with illustrations

by Sarah Austin, John Andrew, Hammatt Billings, Robert Browning, Friedrich Wilhelm Carové, Richard H. Horne, John Ruskin, printer Thurston and Torry & publisher Ticknor and Fields

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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Prose and verse Copyright 1855 by Ticknor and Fields "Cambridge: Thurston and Torry, printers"--T.p. verso Illustrations engraved on wood by John Andrew The king of the golden river, or The black brothers / [by John Ruskin] -- The heroic life and exploits of Siegfried the dragon-slayer (an old German story) -- The good-natured bear, a tale / by R.H. Horne -- The story without an end / [by F.W. Carové] ; translated from the German by Sarah Austin -- The glow-worm -- Sir Calidore -- The Pied Piper of Hamelin / by Robert Browning Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.) Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) has 4 leaves of plates Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in half calf over marbled boards; full gilt spine, marbled endpapers

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

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

    • “Fairies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
    • “Fairies”· in title
    • “Fairies”· in subject
    • “Fairies”· in edition title

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with illustrations

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1856Boston : Ticknor and Fields; Ticknor and FieldsEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public 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
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe6.boston.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL15924850W
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