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Libra Esoterica

Why I became a theosophist

by Annie Wood Besant & Annie Besant

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

31 pages ; 18 cm

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, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Theosophy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Theosophy”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Theosophy”· via Open Library
    • “Theosophy”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Theosophy”· in subject

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Editions

5 editions cataloged here.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

New York: "The Path" Office, 1890

1890———Source listed online copy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

31 pages ; 18 cm

1889Freethought; London : FreethoughtEnglish—Public

Open Library record

1890"The Path" OfficeEnglish—No ebook

Subjects

6 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome 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: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: ttscribe3.euston.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BP585 .B3 A33
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: "The Path" Office, 1890
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL24898154W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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