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Libra Esoterica

A history of magic and experimental science

the seventeenth century

by Lynn Thorndike

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English
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Vols. 3-8 have imprint: New York, Columbia University Press Vols. 3-6 published as History of Science Society publications, new ser., 4 Includes bibliographies and bibliographical footnotes v. 1-2. The first thirteen centuries of our era.--v. 3-4. Fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.--v. 5-6. The sixteenth century.--v. 7-8. The seventeenth century

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from swisscovery matched “Okkultismus”. Retained metadata contains “Okkultismus” in the subject metadata.

    • “Okkultismus”· via swisscovery — Swiss Library Service Platform
    • “Okkultismus”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and “Magic” in the edition title.

    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Magic”· in edition title
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 18 editions; 1 cataloged here.

the seventeenth century

swisscovery network catalog record

swisscovery holding institutions: 41SLSP_ETH; Vol. 7-8

1923Columbia University Press; MacmillanEnglish—Public

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  • Open Library reports 18 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL1204199W
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