37 sources
Every record says where it came from.
Libra Esoterica is a discovery snapshot, not a library of record. Each book here was assembled from one or more of the catalogs below, and every field — title, dates, subjects, description, cover — is attributed to the source that supplied it. When sources disagree, we keep both readings and note it.
Access labels (“public”, “restricted”) are what the source reported at harvest time. They are not legal advice. Read the rights notes.
- Books
- 24,019
- Multi-source
- 9%
- records merged from 2+ catalogs
- Contributing
- 36
- of 37 sources
Sources by contribution
- 01
Open Library
Work and representative-edition metadata, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC identifiers, subjects, covers, and access indicators.
Search results are capped per subject query. Open Library reports that catalog contributions are intended for open reuse, but individual fields can originate from many contributors.
openlibrary.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 8,300
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- openlibrary
- 02
Project Gutenberg
Public-domain ebook records, exact format URLs, cover URLs, rights statements, and some descriptions.
Project Gutenberg tracks ebook release dates, not original print dates. Its ebooks are public domain in the USA; users elsewhere must check local law.
gutenberg.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 1,579
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- project-gutenberg
- 03
OpenAlex
Scholarly book records, DOI-linked metadata, abstracts, topics, author OpenAlex/ORCID identifiers, and open-access locations.
Book search results are capped and post-filtered with the controlled taxonomy. Open-access links retain OpenAlex's location-level classification and license metadata. Set OPENALEX_API_KEY when required by the service's current API policy.
developers.openalex.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 1,436
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- openalex
- 04
Harvard LibraryCloud
Harvard bibliographic records in normalized MODS, including ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI values, titles, contributors, abstracts, editions, subjects, languages, publishers, and digital-resource links.
Queries are restricted to non-collection, non-manuscript monographic text records and paced at no more than one request per second. Raw digital-object URLs retain unknown access unless the record supplies an explicit reusable access statement.
library.harvard.edu(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 1,066
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- harvard
- 05
National Library of Scotland
National Bibliography of Scotland MARCXML records, including titles, contributors and authority identifiers, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI values, subjects, descriptions, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, and related-resource links.
The adapter streams the official 2026 version 6 CC BY 4.0 bulk archive, retains MARC textual monographs, and applies conservative multilingual taxonomy matching locally. MARC 856 resources retain unknown access and are not promoted to public full text or direct PDFs.
data.nls.uk(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 1,043
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- national-library-of-scotland
- 06
Bibliothèque nationale de France
French national-bibliography records, ISBNs, authority and ISNI identifiers, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, and Gallica digitization links.
Only monographic printed-text or ebook records returned by controlled French subject queries are retained. Gallica links are classified as digitized landing pages, not direct PDFs.
api.bnf.fr(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 1,040
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- bnf
- 07
SUDOC — French university and research library union catalog
French academic union-catalog UNIMARC records, including PPN, ISBN/OCLC/DOI values, IdRef-linked contributors, title variants, descriptions, subjects, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, holdings, and related online-resource links.
Discovery uses French controlled subject words and the SUDOC book document-type filter through the open SRU service. Requests are paced at one per second. MARC 856 links retain unknown access and are not represented as public full text or direct PDFs without explicit evidence.
abes.fr(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 927
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- sudoc
- 08
Libris, National Library of Sweden
Swedish national union-catalog records in linked BIBFRAME/RDF, including ISBN/OCLC/LCCN values, contributors and authorities, titles, summaries, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, physical descriptions, and cover images.
Discovery is restricted to PhysicalResource monographs carried as volumes and then post-filtered with the local taxonomy. Cover links retain source rights caveats. Catalog and image links are not represented as downloadable full text.
libris.kb.se(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 904
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- libris
- 09
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Spanish national-bibliography MARC records, including ISBN/OCLC/DOI values, contributors, title variants, edition statements, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, descriptions, notes, and related online-resource links.
Discovery uses exact Spanish subject searches through the public SRU service and retains only monographic textual records. Catalog metadata is published under CC0. MARC 856 links remain related resources with unknown access; they are not classified as public full text or direct PDFs without separate rights and file evidence.
bne.es(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 839
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- bne
- 10
National Diet Library Search
Japanese National Diet Library catalog records in DC-NDL RDF, including ISBN/OCLC/DOI/JPNO values, contributor authorities, title variants, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, series, extents, and digital-resource links.
Queries use exact Japanese subjects, mediatype=books, and the National Diet Library catalog provider. The adapter is deliberately paced to two concurrent requests. Digital-resource links retain unknown access and are not represented as public full text, direct PDFs, or covers without explicit source evidence.
ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 826
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- ndl
- 11
Austrian National Library
Austrian National Library MARC records, including local MMS and AC control numbers, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI values, GND-linked contributors and subjects, titles, descriptions, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, holdings, availability, and online-resource links.
Discovery uses German controlled subject terms through the ONB public SRU target and retains textual monographs only. Physical availability and MARC 856 links are preserved as catalog evidence; electronic links retain unknown access without explicit rights and file metadata.
labs.onb.ac.at(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 769
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- austrian-national-library
- 12
National Library of Poland
Polish national-bibliography book records and MARC metadata, including ISBN/OCLC/DOI values, contributors, title variants, edition statements, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, notes, and related online-resource links.
Queries use Polish controlled subject terms and kind=książka; MARC leaders and host-item links are checked to exclude non-book components. MARC 856 links remain catalog references with unknown access unless a future source audit establishes explicit public full-text rights.
data.bn.org.pl(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 761
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- national-library-of-poland
- 13
German National Library
German national-bibliography records, ISBN/OCLC/DOI metadata, GND authority identifiers, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, and related online-resource links.
Only MARC bibliographic records whose leader identifies a monographic textual work are retained; analytic component records linked to a host item are excluded. Contents pages and covers are not mislabeled as full text.
dnb.de(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 747
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- dnb
- 14
Wellcome Collection
Book records, contributor and authority metadata, subjects, production events, languages, thumbnails, and rights-labeled open IIIF digitizations.
Only workType=a book results passing the local taxonomy filter are retained. A digitized work is classified as public full text only when its IIIF location has an open or open-with-advisory access status; the source license is preserved.
developers.wellcomecollection.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 722
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- wellcome
- 15
swisscovery — Swiss Library Service Platform
Swiss research-library network MARC records, including MMS, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI values, GND-linked contributors, title variants, descriptions, subjects, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, holdings, and related online-resource links.
Discovery uses controlled subject terms through the SLSP network SRU target and retains textual monographs only. Holdings and MARC 856 resources are catalog evidence; they are not promoted to public full text, covers, or direct PDFs without explicit access and rights metadata.
slsp-network.alma.exlibrisgroup.com(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 714
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- swisscovery
- 16
Austrian Library Network — OBV-LIT
Austrian Library Network public-profile MARC records, including network MMS and shared AC control numbers, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI values, GND-linked contributors and subjects, titles, descriptions, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, and stable OBV permalinks.
Discovery uses the free OBV-LIT SRU profile, German controlled subject terms, and textual-monograph filtering. The shared Austrian AC number connects matching ONB and network records. Related electronic resources are not promoted to public full text or direct PDFs without explicit evidence.
obvsg.at(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 682
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- austrian-library-network
- 17
K10plus Union Catalog
German research-library union-catalog MARC records, including PPN, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI/DNB/URN identifiers, GND-linked contributors, subjects, titles, descriptions, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, covers, and related-resource links.
Discovery uses the public K10plus SRU service and controlled German subject-index queries, with textual-monograph and host-component filters. MARC 856 resources remain related links with unknown access; only links explicitly identified as cover images are used as covers.
wiki.k10plus.de(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 542
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- k10plus
- 18
National Library of Norway
Norwegian national-library catalog and digitization metadata, including ISBN/OCLC/LCCN/DOI, OAI and URN:NBN identifiers, authority-linked contributors, title variants, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, notes, covers, IIIF manifests, and explicit access fields.
Discovery uses metadata-only Norwegian subject filters and mediatype=bøker. A digitized item is classified as public only when accessInfo simultaneously reports public domain, EVERYWHERE access, and ALL viewability. Norway-only, reading-room, and login-limited books remain restricted.
api.nb.no(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 526
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- national-library-of-norway
- 19
Crossref
Publisher-deposited book metadata, DOIs, ISBNs, subtitles, contributors, dates, subjects, and abstracts.
Only book-like Crossref types passing a local subject relevance check are retained. PDF links are public-classified only when accompanied by a Creative Commons license URL.
crossref.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 510
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- crossref
- 20
National Library of the Czech Republic — Kramerius
Czech digital-library monographs and MODS metadata, including titles, role-filtered contributors and authorities, ISBN/OCLC/Czech bibliography/URN:NBN identifiers, subjects, editions, publishers, dates, languages, notes, covers, and explicit access status.
Discovery uses exact Czech subject headings and model=monograph through the public Kramerius 7 Solr proxy. Reader links are public only when the source reports accessibility=public; onsite and out-of-commerce access remain restricted. Thumbnail URLs are not represented as direct full text.
api.kramerius7.nkp.cz(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 509
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- national-library-of-czech-republic
- 21
Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Digitized occult, alchemical, magical, divinatory, astrological, witchcraft, demonological, spiritualist, and initiatory texts and manuscripts with institutional descriptions, ARKs, provenance, physical details, thumbnails, IIIF manifests, and title-level PDF downloads.
Discovery uses exact controlled subject facets from Colenda's JSON search response. Stable ARK-based catalog, manifest, and PDF routes are retained. Rights are item-specific; No Copyright - United States does not establish copyright status outside the United States.
colenda.library.upenn.edu(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 382
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- colenda
- 22
Library of Congress
Digitized book records, descriptions, identifiers, cover images, and resource-level PDF URLs; also canonical LCCN resolver links.
Only item records whose resource metadata explicitly exposes a PDF are added as digital books.
loc.gov(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 368
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- library-of-congress
- 23
Directory of Open Access Books
Peer-reviewed open-access book metadata, abstracts, identifiers, licenses, covers, and OAPEN/DOAB PDF URLs.
Search results are post-filtered with the controlled taxonomy to reject lexical false positives such as radio occultation.
doabooks.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 340
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- doab
- 24
e-rara — Alchemy, Magic and Kabbalah (C.G. Jung collection)
Swiss rare-book MODS metadata, stable OAI and DOI identifiers, GND-linked contributors, publication and physical-description details, item rights, title-page covers, and exact title-level PDF downloads.
The adapter harvests the complete official alch thematic OAI set and retains only title-level book and multivolume-work records, excluding structural children such as volume and full-tome nodes. e-rara documents the VLID-based title-PDF route; rights remain item-specific and are copied from MODS.
e-rara.ch(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 288
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- e-rara
- 25
DataCite
Registered book DOI metadata, including ISBN/OAI identifiers, titles and subtitles, creators and ORCIDs, dates, subjects, descriptions, publishers, language, licenses, related resources, and content URLs.
Discovery is restricted to DataCite resourceTypeGeneral=Book and is post-filtered with the controlled taxonomy. Registered resource and related-resource URLs remain links. A contentUrl is classified as public only when the record carries an open license, and as a direct PDF only when its URL path explicitly ends in .pdf.
support.datacite.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 238
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- datacite
- 26
Zenodo
Open repository book deposits, DOI and creator metadata, descriptions, licenses, related links, and exact deposited file URLs.
Zenodo is a general-purpose repository. Deposits are included as source records and are not represented as independently peer-reviewed or fact-checked.
developers.zenodo.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 218
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- zenodo
- 27
OAPEN Library
Curated peer-reviewed open-access book metadata, abstracts, contributors, ISBNs, DOIs, publishers, licenses, covers, and exact ORIGINAL PDF or EPUB bitstream URLs.
OAPEN records are harvested independently from DOAB so OAPEN-specific bitstream, description, and edition metadata can enrich DOI/ISBN matches. Only ORIGINAL bitstreams are represented as downloadable full text; THUMBNAIL bitstreams are used only as covers.
oapen.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 216
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- oapen
- 28
Global Grey ebooks
Specialist public-domain ebook descriptions, original-publication statements, author names, subject breadcrumbs, cover images, online readers, and exact PDF, EPUB, and AZW3 download links.
The adapter intentionally harvests only the first page of four high-relevance category shelves (at most 96 discovered titles per run), then reads each linked book page for exact metadata and format URLs. Global Grey states that the underlying texts are public domain, while its branding and website name remain protected; local copyright law and the site's current terms still apply.
globalgreyebooks.com(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 96
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- global-grey
- 29
Wikidata
Linked-data enrichment for Wikisource works, including work/edition identity, authors, publication dates, publishers, languages, subjects, ISBN/LCCN/OCLC/DOI and external identifiers, subtitles, and Wikimedia Commons cover files.
Wikidata is used as attributed enrichment for linked Wikisource records, not as an unbounded standalone search. Deprecated statements are ignored. Entity descriptions are preserved as cataloging notes rather than treated as book synopses, and Commons covers retain file-specific licensing caveats.
wikidata.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 72
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- wikidata
- 30
HathiTrust Digital Library
Edition-level catalog identifiers, record/item links, publication dates, and explicit item rights/access indicators.
HathiTrust is queried as an identifier-based enrichment source. Only public-domain or Creative Commons rights codes are classified as public full text.
hathitrust.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 64
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- hathitrust
- 31
OpenAIRE Graph
Aggregated scholarly book records, including OpenAIRE IDs, DOI/ISBN metadata, authors and verified ORCIDs, descriptions, subjects, languages, publishers, dates, instance links, and access-right labels.
Only results containing an exact Book or Monograph instance are retained; book chapters and other publication types are excluded. Instance URLs are not represented as direct files. They enter public full text only when OpenAIRE explicitly labels the exact book instance open access.
graph.openaire.eu(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 56
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- openaire
- 32
English Wikisource
Public reader pages for complete or source-level transcribed works selected through controlled subject categories.
Discovery uses the public MediaWiki category-members API. Only main-namespace pages without article/chapter subpaths and with a linked Wikidata book, written work, literary work, novel, collection, or edition entity are retained. Reader pages are public landing pages, not direct file claims; underlying-work rights must be checked on the page and source scan.
en.wikisource.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 51
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- wikisource
- 33
French Wikisource
French public reader pages and transcription metadata discovered through controlled title searches and linked Wikidata book entities.
Discovery uses the public MediaWiki search API with 16 French title terms. Only top-level main-namespace pages linked to Wikidata book-like entities are retained; poem, article, and short-story category hits are excluded. Reader pages are public landing pages rather than direct-file claims; underlying-work rights must be checked on the page and source scan.
fr.wikisource.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 18
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- french-wikisource
- 34
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Portuguese national-library public-domain digital records, including persistent catalog and digitized-item links, creator/title/date/publisher/language metadata, covers, URN/OAI identifiers, rights statements, and exact PDF service URLs.
The adapter scans the official CC0 bndlivre JSON bulk dataset locally, excludes manuscripts and non-textual/non-monographic formats, and retains records matching multilingual controlled keywords. Direct PDFs are included only when the public-domain aggregation supplies an isShownBy /service/media/pdf URL.
opendata.bnportugal.gov.pt(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 14
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- national-library-of-portugal
- 35
Gallica — Bibliothèque nationale de France
BnF public-domain EPUB manifestations, ARK identifiers, reader pages, cover images, source-reported contributors, edition statements, and exact OPDS acquisition links.
Discovery uses 20 controlled French terms against Gallica's official OPDS EPUB catalog and applies a local metadata relevance check. BnF documents that these EPUBs were produced from public-domain works. OPDS updated timestamps are not treated as original publication dates, and EPUB links are not misreported as PDFs.
api.bnf.fr(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 10
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- gallica
- 36
Italian Wikisource
Italian public reader pages and transcription metadata discovered through controlled title searches and linked Wikidata book entities.
Discovery uses the public MediaWiki search API with 16 Italian title terms. Only top-level main-namespace pages linked to Wikidata book-like entities are retained; article and short-story category hits are excluded. Reader pages are public landing pages rather than direct-file claims; underlying-work rights must be checked on the page and source scan.
it.wikisource.org(opens in a new tab)- Books
- 3
- Accessed
- Aug 18, 2026
- Source id
- italian-wikisource
Queried, no records kept
These sources were consulted but contributed no records to this snapshot — usually because their access rules excluded everything the adapter found, or because they only enrich records discovered elsewhere.
Internet Archive
Public scan landing pages, file-level PDF URLs, item descriptions, and item license metadata.
Only PDFs exposed by an unrestricted item metadata response are placed in pdf_urls. Public access does not by itself establish public-domain status in every jurisdiction.
archive.org(opens in a new tab)