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Libra Esoterica

Gleanings of antiquities

containing, An essay for explaining the creation and the deluge, according to the sense of the Gentiles; A discourse of oracles, giving an account of the sibylline oracles, with an uncommon explication of Virgil's fourth eclogue. To which is added, An account of the oracles delivered at Delphos, and in other temples of the Gentiles and of the rise and cessation of oracles, both among the Jews and Gentiles; Some notes concerning familiar spirits

by John Beaumont

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  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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vii, 206 pages : (8vo) Contains "an essay for explaining the creation and the deluge...a discourse of oracles...to which is added an account of the oracles delivered at Delphos...some notes concerning familiar spirits"

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Occultism and esotericism and Prophecy, oracles, and revelation.

  • Occultism and esotericism

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

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  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Oracles”. Retained metadata contains “Oracles” in the subtitle, “Oracles” in the description, “Oracles” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Oracles”· via Open Library
    • “Oracles”· in subtitle
    • “Oracles”· in description
    • “Oracles”· in subject
    • “Oracles”· in edition subtitle

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Open Library reports 4 editions; 2 cataloged here.

containing, An essay for explaining the creation and the deluge, according to the sense of the Gentiles; A discourse of oracles, giving an account of the sibylline oracles, with an uncommon explication of Virgil's fourth eclogue. To which is added, An account of the oracles delivered at Delphos, and in other temples of the Gentiles and of the rise and cessation of oracles, both among the Jews and Gentiles; Some notes concerning familiar spirits

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1724London : Printed for J. Roberts ...; Printed for J. Roberts; Printed for J. Roberts ...English—Public

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1724London : Printed for W. Taylor; Printed for W. TaylorEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Duke University Libraries
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Duke University Libraries
  • 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: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • 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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