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The compleat wizzard; being a collection of authentic and entertaining narratives of the real existence and appearance of ghosts, demons, and spectres: together with several wonderful instances of the effects of witchcraft, etc. To which is prefixed; an account of haunted houses

together with several wonderful instances of the effects of witchcraft, etc. To which is prefixed; an account of haunted houses

Also known as The compleat wizzard; being a collection of authentic and entertaining narratives of the real existence and appearance of ghosts, demons, and spectres

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  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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304 pages ; (8vo)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Witchcraft”· via Internet Archive
    • “Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “Witchcraft”· in title
    • “Witchcraft”· in subtitle
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject
    • “Witchcraft”· in edition title
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “demons” in the title, “demons” in the alternative title, and “demons” in the edition title.

    • “demons”· in title
    • “demons”· in alternative title
    • “demons”· in edition title
  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Ghosts” and “ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “Ghosts” in the title, “haunted” in the title, “Haunted houses” in the title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Ghosts”· via Internet Archive
    • “Ghosts”· via Open Library
    • “ghosts”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Ghosts”· in title
    • “haunted”· in title
    • “Haunted houses”· in title

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together with several wonderful instances of the effects of witchcraft, etc. To which is prefixed; an account of haunted houses

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304 pages ; (8vo)

1770London : T. Evans; T. EvansEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • 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
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  • 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:OL17935351W
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