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The evil eye

an account of this ancient and widespread superstition

Also known as The state of prisons and of child-saving institutions in the civilized world

by Frederick Thomas Elworthy & E. C. Wines

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: JuvenilePrimary source
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None of the 3 sources behind this record supplied a summary of The evil eye (1879). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires, Astrology, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

Subjects: Magic, Children, Superstition, Charms, Superstitions, evil eye, Prisons, Child welfare

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Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Charms”, “Magic”, “Magie”, and 1 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Charms” in the subject metadata and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magie”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
    • “Zauberei”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
    • “Charms”· via Open Library
    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Charms”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Astrologie”.

    • “Astrologie”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Superstition” in the subtitle, “Superstition” in the subject metadata, and “Superstition” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Superstition”· via Open Library
    • “Superstition”· in subtitle
    • “Superstition”· in subject
    • “Superstition”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 13 editions; 5 cataloged here.

an account of this ancient & widespread superstition

Bavarian State Library digitized rare-book edition

Digitized image count: 500; Extent: XII, 471 S.; Shelfmark: Phys.m. 437 x

1895London : Murray; MurrayEnglish—Public iiif reader

HathiTrust catalog record

1895——
  • 9780806508016
  • 9780812602579
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the origins and practices of superstition

Open Library record

1970Collier Books; Collier-MacmillanEnglish
  • 9780020759805
  • 0020759800
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Cataloging notes

  • B3Kat identifier: BV008773372
  • Bavarian State Library shelfmark: Phys.m. 437 x
  • Digitization license: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
  • Holding institution or provenance: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • Open Library reports 13 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Publication place: London
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openlibrary-work:OL1093601W
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