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The tongue of time, and star of the states

a system of human nature, with the phenomena of the heavens and earth ... also an account of persons with two souls, and of five persons who took colors by the touch

by Joseph Comstock

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Physical Type/Description: vii, 10-487 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm General Note: Relief prints. Includes index. Local Note: The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program. HEALTH: Added as part of 2008 Rare Book Project. Additional Physical Form: Also available online. Ownership and Custodial History: Former owner's label with autograph: "Daniel Wadsworth, East Hartford." Binding Note: Stained leather binding with gold stamping on cover boards and spine, cream-colored endpapers. Cover boards warped, water damage/staining to endpapers and flyleaves at front and rear of volume. Citation/Reference Note: Checklist Amer. imprints 40-1607

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

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

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “supernatural”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata and “Magic” in the edition subtitle.

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    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

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

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    • “Parapsychology”· via Open Library
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Metaphysics”. Retained metadata contains “Metaphysics” in the subject metadata.

    • “Metaphysics”· via Internet Archive
    • “Metaphysics”· in subject

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

a system of human nature, with the phenomena of the heavens and earth. : American antiquities, remains of giants, geology, volcanoes, Egyptian and Indian magic, diet, dress, drinks, diseases, sleep, somnambulism, trances, resuscitation. : Also an account of persons with two souls, and of five persons who told colors by the touch

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1840-01-01T00:00:00ZHartford : [publisher not identified]English—Public digitized item

a system of human nature, with the phenomena of the heavens and earth ... also an account of persons with two souls, and of five persons who took colors by the touch

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1838New York : [s.n.]; Sine nomineEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848, former owner
  • Digitization sponsor: Emory University, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • 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
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL7631969W
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