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Libra Esoterica

Labyrinths

by Jorge Luis Borges

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, German, Spanish
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

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I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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

    • “Hermeticism”· via Open Library
    • “Hermeticism”· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Kabbalah”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata and “Kabbalah” in the subject metadata.

    • “Kabbalah”· via Open Library
    • “Cabala”· in subject
    • “Kabbalah”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 27 editions; 1 cataloged here.

Open Library record

1987Penguin BooksEnglish
  • 9780140093131
  • 0140093133
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Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 27 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL110959W
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