Miscellanies, viz. , I. Day-fatality. II. Local-fatality. III…

Full title: Miscellanies, viz. , I. Day-fatality. II. Local-fatality. III. Ostenta. IV. Omens. V. Dreams. VI. Apparitions. VII. Voices. VIII. Impulses. IX. Knockings. X. Blows invisible. XI. Prophesies. XII. Marvels. XIII. Magick. XIV. Transportation in the air. XV. Visions in a beril, or glass. XVI. Converse with angels and spirits. XVII. Corps-candles in Wales. XVIII. Oracles. XIX. Exstasie. XX. Glances of love. envy. XXI. Second-sighted persons.

Author(s): John Aubrey

Location:

University of Oxford – Bodleian Library; Oxford, England

Shelf mark:

Vet. A3 e.2238

Publication information:

London: Printed for Edward Castle, next Scotland-Yard-Gate by Whitehal, 1696

Notes:

With notes by Hooke in ink on the title-page, pages 11, 31, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 51, 57, 70, 78, 86, 94, 102, 125, 146 and 149. Hooke’s notes are derived from Aubrey’s own corrections and annotations to the copy of Miscellanies he gave to the Royal Society. The notes are copied word for word (with adjustments to spelling), and the source is noted in each case with initials or “J. Aubury”–Pickering & Chatto, Catalogue 652 (1984) – MS additions: With bookseller’s annotations in pencil to the first free endleaf recto and the lower paste-down. – Provenance name: Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703, former owner, inscriber.

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