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Libra Esoterica

Forty questions of the soul

concerning its original essence, substance, nature or quality, and property : what it is from eternity to eternity

by Jacob Boehme, Jakob Böhme & Balthasar Walther

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Library's copy inscribed in brown ink on t.p.: Walter Granger Includes errata (p. [24]) Hogart, R. Alchemy

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics.

  • Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description.

    • Alchemy· in description
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”. Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • Mysticism· via Internet Archive
    • Mysticism· via Open Library
    • Mysticism· in subject

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Editions

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concerning its original essence, substance, nature or quality, and property : what it is from eternity to eternity

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1665[London] : Printed for L. Lloyd at the Castle in Cornhil; Printed for L. Lloyd at the Castle in CornhilEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • 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; gettyalchemy
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL15583616W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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