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Secret memoirs of the late Mr. Duncan Campbel [sic], the famous deaf and dumb gentleman

by Daniel Defoe & Eliza Fowler Haywood

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Authorship attributed to Daniel Defoe, with additions by Eliza Haywood Names of subscribers: p. [3-4] first count Front. (port.) engraved by Price after Hill Concerns, in part, witchcraft, apparitions and charms Boston Public Library (Rare Book Dept.) has two copies in the Trent Defoe Collection

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • Charms· via Internet Archive
    • Charms· via Open Library
    • Charms· in description
    • Charms· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

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

    • Witchcraft· via Internet Archive
    • Witchcraft· via Open Library
    • Witchcraft· in description
    • Witchcraft· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the description and “Apparitions” in the subject metadata.

    • Apparitions· via Internet Archive
    • Apparitions· via Open Library
    • Apparitions· in description
    • Apparitions· in subject

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Editions

One edition cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1732London, : Printed for J. Millan and J. Chrichley; Printed for J. Millan and J. ChrichleyEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public 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.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Scanner: scribe3.boston.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL16780220W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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