Something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy

A traveller being entranced by a witch disguised as a beautiful woman in the Alps. Engraving by T. Stocks after F. Meadows.

Predella with three scenes of Saint Roch, and figures of Saint Peter, Christ as Salvator Mundi, Saint Laurence and Saint Paul. Oil painting by a French (?) painter.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

A vision  Shewing the sudden and surprising appearances, the celestial mein [sic] and heavenly conversation of the departed spirit of Mr. Yeamans, late student at Yale college, to and with Mr. H. Goodwin, his friend and class-mate. Tending to astonish, edify and instruct [Eleven lines of quotations].

The Westchester Wonder. Or, The young man's trance . Shewing how one John moor fell in three several trances, the first being on the 5th of November last and declared of the joys and happiness of the righteous, and miserable state of the wicked. Likewise the several discourses that passed between the angel and him, concerning the things he had seen of his relations and kindred; with earnest desire it may be published to the world. With a particular account of his approaching death, and how he ordered his own offin and grave to be made, and invited his friends and relations to partake of his last words before his death, which happened on Friday was se'nnight last. Printed by desire off the young man.

A vision  Shewing the sudden and surprizing appearance, the celestial mein [i.e., mien] and heavenly conversation of the departed spirit of Mr. Yeamans, late student at Yale College, to and with Mr. H. Goodwin, his friend and class-mate. Tending to astonish, edify, and instruct. [Eight lines of quotations].

14 unnumbered pages, 297 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 298-299 pages ; 15 cm (8vo)

A treatise of dreams & visions : wherein the causes natures and uses of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankinde, are theosophically unfolded; that is, according to the word of God, and the harmony of created beeings [sic] ... To which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction / By Philotheos Physiologus [pseud].

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A vision Shewing the sudden and surprising appearances, the celestial mein [sic] and heavenly conversation of the departed spirit of Mr. Yeamans, late student at Yale college, to and with Mr. H. Goodwin, his friend and class-mate. Tending to astonish, edify and instruct [Eleven lines of quotations].

World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

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World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

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