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Demonologia; or, natural knowledge revealed; being an exposé of ancient and modern superstitions. Credulity, fanaticism, enthusiasm, & imposture, as connected with the doctrine, caballa, and jargon, of amulets, apparitions, astrology, charms, demonology ... witchcraft, &c

by J. S. Forsyth

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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xvi, 438 pages : (12mo) By J. S. Forsyth. cf. Halkett and Laing, Dict. anon. and pseud., new ed., 1926, v. 2, p. 37

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “amulets”. Retained metadata contains “Amulets” in the title, “Charms” in the title, “Amulets” in the edition title, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “amulets”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Amulets”· in title
    • “Charms”· in title
    • “Amulets”· in edition title
    • “Charms”· in edition title
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

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

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

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the title and “Astrology” in the edition title.

    • “Astrology”· in title
    • “Astrology”· in edition title
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

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

    • “Demonology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Demonology”· via Open Library
    • “demonology”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Demonology”· in title
    • “Demonology”· in subject
    • “Demonology”· in edition title

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Editions

3 editions cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1827-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : J. BumpusEnglish—Public digitized item

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

xvi, 438 pages : folded frontispiece ; (8vo)

1831London : Printed for A. K. Newman and co.; Printed for A. K. Newman and co.English—Public

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

xvi, 438 pages : folded frontispiece ; (12mo)

1827J. BumpusEnglish—Public digitized item

Subjects

3 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome 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: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Scanner: ttscribe2.euston.archive.org
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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openlibrary-work:OL34721057W
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