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A true & faithful relation of what passed for many yeers between Dr. John Dee ... and some spirits

tending (had it succeeded) to a general alteration of most states and kingdomes in the world : his private conferences with Rodolphe Emperor of Germany, Stephen K. of Poland, and divers other princes about it : the particulars of his cause, as it was agitated in the Emperors court, by the Pope's intervention : his banishment and restoration in part : as also the letters of sundry great men and princes (some whereof were present at some of these conferences and apparitions of spirits) to the said D. Dee : out of the original copy, written with Dr. Dees own hand, kept in the library of Sir Tho. Cotton ... : with a preface confirming the reality (as to the point of spirits) of this relation, and shewing the several good uses that a sober Christian may make of all

Also known as A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits

by John Dee, Meric Casaubon, Edward Kelly & Edward Kelley

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  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The initials E. K., which appear throughout the text, stand for Edward Kelly, Dee's associate Errata, p. [78] Binding: calf over pasteboard. Rebacked; spine title: Spts. / J.Dee. Top and bottom boards with 2 double fillets, fleurons at the corners Hogart, R.C. Alchemy Wing

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical and wikisource matched “Occult” and “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subject metadata and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

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

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  • 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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tending (had it succeeded) to a general alteration of most states and kingdomes in the world : his private conferences with Rodolphe Emperor of Germany, Stephen K. of Poland, and divers other princes about it : the particulars of his cause, as it was agitated in the Emperors court, by the Pope's intervention : his banishment and restoration in part : as also the letters of sundry great men and princes (some whereof were present at some of these conferences and apparitions of spirits) to the said D. Dee : out of the original copy, written with Dr. Dees own hand, kept in the library of Sir Tho. Cotton ... : with a preface confirming the reality (as to the point of spirits) of this relation, and shewing the several good uses that a sober Christian may make of all

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1659London : Printed by D. Maxwell for T. Garthwait ...; Printed by D. Maxwell for T. Garthwait; Printed by D. Maxwell for T. Garthwait ...English—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • 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; gettyalchemy
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Wikidata instance type: literary work
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