52 results filtered with: Superstition
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Histoire curieuse et pittoresque des sorciers, devins, magiciens, astrologues, voyants, revenants, âmes en peine, vampires, spectres, fantômes, apparitions, visions, gnomes, lutins, esprits malins, sorts jetés, exorcismes, etc., etc., etc. : depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours / par le réverend père dominicain Mathias de Giraldo, ancien exorciste de l'Inquisition.
Giraldo, Mathias de.Date: [1849?]
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The mysteries of all nations : rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions : together with strange customs, fables, and tales ... / by James Grant.
Grant, James (Archaeologist)Date: 1880
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Natural causes and supernatural seemings / by Henry Maudsley.
Maudsley, Henry, 1835-1918.Date: 1887
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An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 18418i
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A postcard with a pressed sprig of Edeilweiss and ribbon of Belgium flag, saluting the Belgium soldiers. Pressed flower on card.
Reference: 18441i- Books
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Satan's invisible world discovered, or, A choice collection of modern relations : proving evidently against the saducees and atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentick records, attestations of famous witnesses and undoubted verity : to all which is added, that marvellous history of Major Weir, and his sister : with two relations of apparitions at Edinburgh / by Georg Sinclar.
Sinclair, George, -1696Date: 1685
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If anyone suffering from sore throat ties his (or her) left stocking round his throat on going to bed, he will be better in the morning. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. A. Radford.
Date: 1968
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Volksmedizin und medizinischer Aberglaube : in Bayern und den angrenzenden Bezirken, begründet auf die Geschichte der Medizin und Cultur.
Lammert, G. (Gottfried), 1827-Date: 1869
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Cabbalistic amulet for the protection of Bela, 18th c.
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The origins of popular superstitions and customs / by T. Sharper Knowlson.
Knowlson, T. Sharper (Thomas Sharper), 1867-1947.Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]
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Graeco-Roman phallic amulet
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Graeco-Roman phallic amulet
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The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.
Date: 1968
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Wahrheiten im Volksaberglauben : nebst Untersuchungen über das Wesen des Mesmerismus.
Mayo, Herbert, 1796-1852.Date: 1854
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Symbols and talismans from Hindu, pagan and Jewish religions illustrating superstition. Engraving.
Reference: 33459i- Books
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A Whip for the Devil, or, The Roman conjuror : discovering the intolerable folly, prophaneness and superstition of the papists in endeavouring to cast the Devil out of the bodies of men and women by him possest ... / all faithfully collected from their own authors, with pleasant notes and observations intermixt.
Date: 1683- Ephemera
Spiritualism and occult ephemera. Box 2.
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The hand of Fatima (daughter of Muhammad) surrounded by Islamic symbols and used as a good luck charm. Process print.
Reference: 18431i
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Folio 40v, Wellcome MS Persian 466.
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Folio 30v-31r, Wellcome MS Persian 466.
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'Actifed' Compound Linctus.
Date: 1968- Books
Baby lore : superstitions & old wives tales from the world over related to pregnancy, birth & babycare / by Rosalind Franklin.
Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958.Date: 2005
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Folio 40v-41r, Wellcome MS Persian 466.
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A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898.Reference: 38008i
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Various gold trinkets, pieces of gold jewelry, gold amulets, stools, gold nuggets and scales for measuring gold. Engraving.
Reference: 18416i