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On the truths contained in popular superstitions

with an account of mesmerism

Also known as On The Truths Contained In Popular Superstitions - With An Account of Mesmerism

by Herbert Mayo

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis and Parapsychology and psychical research.

  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.

    • Parapsychology· via Open Library
    • Parapsychology· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, national-library-of-scotland, openalex, and openlibrary-historical matched “Hypnotism”, “Mesmerism”, and “mesmerism”. Retained metadata contains “Mesmerism” in the subtitle, “Mesmerism” in the alternative title, “Hypnotism” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • Mesmerism· via Internet Archive
    • mesmerism· via National Library of Scotland
    • mesmerism· via OpenAlex
    • Hypnotism· via Open Library
    • Mesmerism· via Open Library
    • Mesmerism· in subtitle

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Editions

5 editions cataloged here.

On the truths contained in popular superstitions, with an account of mesmerism

Second ed

8vo

1851EnglishCatalog record

On the truths contained in popular superstitions with an account of mesmerism

Third ed

8vo; viii, 248 p

1851W. Blackwood & SonsEnglishCatalog record

On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions: With an Account of Mesmerism

OpenAlex scholarly book record

2006-01-01EnglishUnknown

Subjects

16 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • 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.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: google
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL5224686W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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