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The book of knowledge

treating of the wisdom of the ancients; in four parts. Written by Erra Pater, a Jew, ... Made English by W. Lilly, ... To which is added, The dealers directory

by Erra Pater & William Lilly

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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None of the 2 sources behind this record supplied a summary of The book of knowledge (1746). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Astrology, Divination and oracles

Subjects: Astrology, Dreams, fortune-telling, 1701-1800, diseases, Horses, Veterinary medicine, Forms (Law)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda and national-library-of-scotland matched “Astrology” and “astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “astrology”· via National Library of Scotland
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Fortune-telling”. Retained metadata contains “Fortune-telling” in the subject metadata and “Palmistry” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Fortune-telling”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Fortune-telling”· in subject
    • “Palmistry”· in edition subtitle

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

7 editions cataloged here.

treating of the wisdom of the ancients : In four parts : I. Shewing the various and wonderful operation of the signs and planets, and other celestial constellations, on the bodies of men, &c. II. Prognostications for ever, necessary to keep the body in health; with several choice receipts in physic and surgery III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmistry, together with the signification of moles and the interpretation of dreams, &c. IV. The farmer's calendar, containing, 1 Perpetual prognostications for weather. 2. The whole mystery of husbandry. 3. The compleat and experienced farrier and cowleech., &c

University of Pennsylvania digitized edition

117 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 16 cm (12mo); Kaplan Collection copy collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.00654; Kaplan Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.; Signatures: [A]⁶ B-I⁶ K⁶(-K6) (K5 verso blank).

1793Printed by Nathaniel PattenEnglish—Public download

treating of the wisdom of the ancients; in four parts. Written by Erra Pater, a Jew, ... Made English by W. Lilly, ... To which is added, The dealers directory

National Bibliography of Scotland record

12⁰; 165,[3]p; Erra Pater is a pseudonym; ill

1772printed by John RobertsonEnglish—Catalog record

treating of the wisdom of the ancients. Containing I. A short prognostication concerning children born every day in the week

National Bibliography of Scotland record

12⁰; 22p; Anonymous. Most editions attribute authorship to Erra Pater, a pseudonym; ill

1790printed for and sold by the booksellers in town and countryEnglish—Catalog record

Subjects

8 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3cc0v04g
National Library of Scotland
  • N15365
  • N15626
  • N32382
  • N32387
  • T167498
  • T167501

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9959067103503681
  • Physical location: Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, BF1601 .E7 1793
  • Provenance: Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy); Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
Catalog id
national-library-of-scotland:N15365
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