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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: Juvenile

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of The evil eye (1879). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires

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

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  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Charms” and “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Charms” in the subject metadata and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • Charms· via Open Library
    • Magic· via Open Library
    • Charms· in subject
    • Magic· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 13 editions; 3 cataloged here.

the origins and practices of superstition

Open Library record

1970Collier Books; Collier-MacmillanEnglish
  • 9780020759805
  • 0020759800
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an account of this ancient and widespread superstition

Open Library record

1989Bell Pub. Co.; Distributed by Crown PublishersEnglish
  • 9780517679449
  • 0517679442
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The state of prisons and of child-saving institutions in the civilized world.

1880J. Wilson & sonEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • 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.
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openlibrary-work:OL1093601W
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