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Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain

chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions

Also known as Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain: chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions

by John Brand, Henry Ellis & James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 3 volumes : 18 cm "Third edition"--Preface. Additions made by J.O. Halliwell. Originally published in 1777; arranged and revised, with additions, by Ellis, 1813; arranged revised, and greatly enlarged by Ellis, 1841 Includes index

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Superstition” in the subject metadata.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

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Editions

Open Library reports 9 editions; 5 cataloged here.

chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions

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1849-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Henry G. BohnEnglish—Public digitized item

Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain: chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions

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1853-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, H.G. BohnEnglish—Public digitized item

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

new edition, in 3 volumes; London: H. G. Bohn, 1849

1849———Source listed online copy

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Contributors: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • 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.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 9 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): DA110 .B82 1849
  • 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
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: new edition, in 3 volumes; London: H. G. Bohn, 1849
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