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Libra Esoterica

Witchcraft, magic & alchemy

by Grillot de Givry, Émile-Jules Grillot de Givry & J. Courtenay Locke

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Collects and explains a variety of occult related images, dating from the Middle Ages to the early nineteenth century, so as to depict the iconography of occultism.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description, “Occultism” in the description, and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • occultism· via Wellcome Collection
    • occult· in description
    • Occultism· in description
    • Occultism· in subject
  • 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
  • Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “Witchcraft” in the edition title.

    • Witchcraft· in title
    • Witchcraft· in subject
    • Witchcraft· in edition title
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from libris and openlibrary matched “alchemy” and “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the title, “Alchemy” in the subject metadata, and “Alchemy” in the edition title.

    • alchemy· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
    • Alchemy· via Open Library
    • Alchemy· in title
    • Alchemy· in subject
    • Alchemy· in edition title

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Editions

Open Library reports 5 editions; 4 cataloged here.

Libris bibliographic record

1954EnglishCatalog record

Libris bibliographic record

1931EnglishCatalog record

Open Library record

1931Houghton MifflinEnglishPublic

Subjects

6 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL6132572W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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