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Libra Esoterica

Letters on the truths contained in popular superstitions

by Herbert Mayo & Harry Houdini Collection DLC

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, NOT
  • Content type: Primary source

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. "The original letters appeared in Blackwood's magazine in 1847 ...": prefatory remarks

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, Prophecy, oracles, and revelation, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Magie” and “Zauberei”.

    • Magie· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
    • Zauberei· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Astrologie”.

    • Astrologie· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Weissagungen”.

    • Weissagungen· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Superstition” in the subject metadata.

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

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

Bavarian State Library digitized rare-book edition

Digitized image count: 158; Extent: 128 S. 8"; Shelfmark: Phys.m. 167 p

1849Frankfurt o/M. : Sauerlaender [usw.]; Sauerlaender [usw.]NOTPublic iiif reader

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1849Frankfort o/M. : John David Sauerlænder ; Edinburgh : Messrs. Blackwood; Frankfort o/M., J. D. Sauerlænder; [etc.,etc.]; J. D. Sauerlænder; [etc.,etc.]EnglishPublic

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • B3Kat identifier: BV020449855
  • Bavarian State Library shelfmark: Phys.m. 167 p
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Contributing institution: University of Michigan
  • Digitization license: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • 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.
  • Holding institution or provenance: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • Publication place: Frankfurt o/M.
  • Scanner: google
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL5224679W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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