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Brotherton Collection28
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English Literature4
Herbert Read Collection2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Cookery Collection1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1
Leeds Russian Archive1
Ripon Cathedral1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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magic62
medicine, magic, mystic, and spagiric25
occultism21
alchemy18
demonology17
manuscripts, hebrew -- 18th century -- texts.17
witchcraft16
magic, jewish -- early works to 1800.14
amulets (judaism).10
superstition10

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India1
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Glauber, Johann Rudolf (1604-1670)13
Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941)7
Eckartshausen, Karl Von (1752-1803)6
Martius, Johann Nikolaus6
Meyer, Jacob6
Pinetti, Guiseppe6
Poppe, Johann Heinrich Moritz Von (1776-1854)6
Rosenthal, Gottfried Erich (1745-1814)6
Wiegleb, Johann Christian (1732-1800)6
Collin De Plancy, Jacques Albin Simon (1794-1881)5

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The mysteries and secrets of magic

Thompson, Charles John Samuel (1862-1943)

1927

Includes bibliographies.

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The man-mouse taken in a trap : and tortur'd to death for gnawing the margins of Eugenius Philalethes

Vaughan, Thomas (1622-1666)

1650

A reply to Henry More's "Observations upon Anthroposophia theomagica, and Anima magica abscondita." "Eugenius Philalethes" is a pseudonym for Thomas Vaughan.

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The history of magic : including a clear and precise exposition of its procedure, its rites and its mysteries

Lévi, Eliphas (1810-1875); Waite, Arthur Edward (1857-1942)

1913

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A system of magick : or, A history of the black art : being an historical account of mankind's most early dealing with the devil and how the acquaintance on both sides first began

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1727

Moore (Defoe) 487: Published Nov. 1726. Initials, head- and tailpieces. Anon., by Daniel Defoe. Title vignette, title in red and black.

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The myth of the magus

Butler, Eliza Marian (1885-1959)

1948

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Histoire de la magie : avec une exposition claire et précise de ses procédés, de ses rites et de ses mystères

Lévi, Eliphas (1810-1875)

1892

Éliphas Lévi is a pseudonym for Alphonse Louis Constant.

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Dogme et rituel de la haute magie

Lévi, Eliphas (1810-1875)

1894

Éliphas Lévi is a pseudonym for Alphonse Louis Constant.

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Syllabus of a course of five lectures on magic and primitive religion : spring term, 1905. (6th May - 3rd June)

Haddon, Alfred C (1855-1940); London County Council; Horniman Museum

1905

At head of title: London County Council: Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, S.E.

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