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The German novelists

tales selected from ancient and modern authors in that language from the earliest period down to the close of the eighteenth century; tr. from the originals, with critical and biographical notices.

Also known as The German novelists: tales selected from ancient and modern authors in that language from the earliest period down to the close of the eighteenth century; tr. from the originals, with critical and biographical notices; The German novelists; translated from the originals with critical and biographical notices. By Thomas Roscoe

by Thomas Roscoe

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: English, German
  • Content type: FictionPrimary source

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

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  • Retained metadata contains “haunted” in the description.

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  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folk literature”, “Folklore”, and “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the subtitle, “Tales” in the alternative title, “Tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

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The German novelists; translated from the originals with critical and biographical notices. By Thomas Roscoe

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1880-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, F. Warne and coEnglishPublic digitized item

The German novelists: tales selected from ancient and modern authors in that language: from the earliest period down to the close of the eighteenth century. Tr. from the originals: with critical and biographical notices

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1826-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, H. ColburnEnglish, GermanPublic digitized item

tales selected from ancient and modern authors in that language from the earliest period down to the close of the eighteenth century; tr. from the originals, with critical and biographical notices.

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1826Colburn; London, ColburnEnglish, GermanPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
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  • Digitization sponsor: University of Toronto
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