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The political history of the devil, as well ancient as modern

in two parts ; part I. Containing a state of the devil's circumstances, and the various turns of his affairs ... ; part II. Containing his more private conduct, down to the present times ....

by Daniel Defoe

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe Later editions published with title: History of the devil Moore, A checklist of the writings of Daniel Defoe, 480 Esdaile, A.J.K. Tales p. 209

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession 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 subject metadata.

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  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subject metadata.

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in two parts ; part I. Containing a state of the devil's circumstances, and the various turns of his affairs ... ; part II. Containing his more private conduct, down to the present times ....

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1726London : Printed for T. Warner; Printed for T. WarnerEnglishPublic

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public 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: americana
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openlibrary-work:OL411789W
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