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Libra Esoterica

The celebrated history of the renowned Robin Hood, the merry outlaw of Sherwood Forest, to which is added the professor of signs

by Printed for the booksellers

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

24 p. : ill. ; 16 x 10 cm. First sentence: "In the time of Richard I. king of England, the famous Robin Hood was born at a village in Nottinghamshire, and near which were many large forests filled with deer." Undated. Date cf Meriton. Small Books for the Common Man: a Descriptive Bibliography, p. 987 Orr (Francis) & Sons were probably the printer of the pamphlets with imprint 'Glasgow: Printed for the booksellers.' Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections Children’s Collection: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Andrea Henderson, 2006 Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections Bourke Collection: Gift of Sheila R. Bourke Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Sheila R. Bourke Collection: Spencer Collection -pp.4, 230. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. April/70. 46.50

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Folklore” and “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Legends” in the subject metadata.

    • Folklore· via Internet Archive
    • Legends· via Internet Archive
    • Folklore· in subject
    • Legends· in subject

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1835-01-01T00:00:00ZGlasgow : Printed for the booksellersEnglishPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
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Catalog id
internet-archive:McGillLibrary-PN970_B65_C45_1835-1539
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