The riddle of life
and how theosophy answers it
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
36 p. ; 17 cm Cover title
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subtitle, “Theosophy” in the subject metadata, and “Theosophy” in the edition subtitle.
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- “Theosophy”· via Open Library
- “Theosophy”· in subtitle
- “Theosophy”· in subject
- “Theosophy”· in edition subtitle
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Editions
Open Library reports 3 editions; 1 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
and how theosophy answers it Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1897 | [S.l. : s.n.; Sine nomine | English | — | Public |
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Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- Open Library work
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- Open LibraryOL68635W (opens in a new tab)
Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
- Digitization sponsor: MSN
- 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
- Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: richc4.rich.archive.org
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL68635W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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