Philosophy of popular superstitions, and the effects of credulity and imagination upon the moral, social, and intellectual condition of the human race
by Samuel Samuel Bulfinch Emmons & Samuel Bulfinch Emmons
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
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Provenance
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends and Witchcraft and folk magic.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.
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Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Superstition” in the subject metadata.
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- “Superstition”· in subject
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Editions
One edition cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1853 | Boston : L.P. Crown & Co.; Boston, L.P. Crown & Co.; L.P. Crown & Co. | English | — | Public |
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Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- Open Library work
Cataloged from
- Internet Archivecu31924031232394 (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivephilosophyofpopu00emmo (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivephilosophyofpopu00emmo_0 (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL11839013W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
- Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
- Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
- 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.
- Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
- Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
- Scanner: scribe3.boston.archive.org
- Scanner: scribe9.boston.archive.org
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL11839013W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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