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Libra Esoterica

The book of knowledge; treating of the wisdom of the ancients. In four parts. I Shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets ... II. Prognostications for ever, necessary to keep the body in health ... III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmestry ... IV. The farmer's kalendar ...

by Erra Pater & William Lilly

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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4 unnumbered leaves, 156 pages : (12mo) Numbers 73-76 repeated in the paging Bound in old calf

Provenance

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 internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Astrology”· via Open Library
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Fortune-telling” and “physiognomy”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the title, “Fortune-telling” in the subject metadata, and “Physiognomy” in the edition title.

    • “Fortune-telling”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fortune-telling”· via Open Library
    • “physiognomy”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Physiognomy”· in title
    • “Fortune-telling”· in subject
    • “Physiognomy”· in edition title

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1735-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed for A. Bettesworth ... C. Hitch ... R. Ware ... and J. Hodges ...English—Public digitized item

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

4 unnumbered leaves, 156 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; (12mo)

1735Printed for A. Bettesworth ... C. Hitch ... R. Ware ... and J. Hodges ...English—Public digitized item

Subjects

3 subject headings

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  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • 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.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: scribe2.euston.archive.org
  • 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
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openlibrary-work:OL28941258W
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