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De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus

variisque praesagitionibus, quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationesque imperiorum praecedunt, liber unus. In tres partes distributus. Omnibus veritatis studiosis summe utilis

Also known as De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus, quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationesque imperiorum praecedunt, liber unus. In tres partes distributus. Omnibus veritatis studiosis summe utilis; De spectris, lemuribus et magnis, atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus, quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationesque imperiorum praecedunt, liber unus

by Ludwig Lavater, Christian Deetjen, Romeyn de Hooghe & Jordaan Luchtmans

  • First published:
  • 16th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: Primary source

Binding: vellum. Author & title written at head of spine, with remains of later paper label. Edges red Signature on t.p. of P. MCormick. Ownership inscription of Lisa & Leonard Baskin on back pastedown, with Baskin's initial B written in pencil after signature letter L, and his printed labels for Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedown Added etched t.p. and seven plates by Romeyn de Hooghe, reused from ed. of 1681. See Landwehr Signatures: *¹² B-O¹² Landwehr, J. Romeyn de Hooghe

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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 and openlibrary-historical matched “Apparitions” and “Ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the subject metadata and “Ghosts” in the subject metadata.

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    • Ghosts· via Internet Archive
    • Apparitions· via Open Library
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    • Apparitions· in subject
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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

variisque praesagitionibus quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationésque imperiorum praecedunt.

Open Library record

1570Apud I. CrispinumLatinNo ebook

variisque praesagitionibus, quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationesque imperiorum praecedunt, liber unus. In tres partes distributus. Omnibus veritatis studiosis summe utilis

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1687Apud Jordanum Luchtmans' bibliopolae; Apud Jordanum Luchtmans, bibliopolae; Lugd. Batav. Apud Jordanum Luchtmans, bibliopolaeLatinPublic

De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus, quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationesque imperiorum praecedunt, liber unus

1659Apud H. VerbiestLatinNo ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • 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 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe2.santamonica.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL17373136W
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