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Fairy tales, legends and romances illustrating Shakespeare and other early English writers, to which are prefixed two preliminary dissertations

1. On pigmies. 2. On fairies.

Also known as Fairy tales, legends and romances illustrating Shakespeare and other early English writers, to which are prefixed two preliminary dissertations: 1. On pigmies. 2. On fairies

by Joseph Ritson, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps & William Carew Hazlitt

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Preface signed: W. C. Hazlitt An amalgamation, of Ritson's Fairy tales, 1831, and Halliwell's Illustrations of the fairy mythology of A midsummer-night's dream, 1845, with certain additions and corrections. cf. Pref Mode of access: Internet

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

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

    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
    • “Fairies”· in subtitle
    • “Fairies”· in alternative title
    • “Fairies”· in edition subtitle
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, “Mythology”, and 1 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the title, “Legends” in the title, “Tales” in the title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Mythology”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library

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Editions

One edition cataloged here.

1. On pigmies. 2. On fairies.

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1875F. & W. Kerslake; London F. & W. Kerslake; London, F. & W. KerslakeEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of Michigan
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Michigan
  • 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.
  • Scanner: ias11
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL6619968W
Edition coverage
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