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Libra Esoterica

Kirby's wonderful and eccentric museum; or, Magazine of remarkable characters. Including all the curiosities of nature and art, from the remotest period to the present time, drawn from every authentic source. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-four engravings. Chiefly taken from rare and curious prints or original drawings

by R. S. Kirby

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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First copy of Vol. 2 defective: p.201-208 missing; p.265-272 repeated Second copy of Vol. 2 is photocopy

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Cryptozoology and Forteana.

  • Cryptozoology and Forteana

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

    • “Curiosities and wonders”· via Internet Archive
    • “Curiosities and wonders”· via Open Library
    • “Curiosities and wonders”· in subject

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Editions

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1820London : R. S. Kirby; R. S. KirbyEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • 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.
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Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL16329547W
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