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• Petr. Frid. Arpe De prodigiosis naturæ et artis operibus, talismanes et amuleta dictis, cum recensione scriptorum huius argumenti, liber singularis. (apud C. Liebezeit, 1717), by Peter Friedrich Arpe (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Ḳemiʻot ve-segulot] (Columbia University Libraries, in the 15th century), by Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baḥr al-ʻUyūn. (Columbia University Libraries, 1800), by David Eugene Smith, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī, and Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dell'elixir vitae (Per Secondino Roncagliolo, 1624), by Donato d'Eremita and Secondino Roncagliolo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Antiquissimae Hipprocraticae medicinae clavis. English. (London : printed and are to be sold by W: Marshall at the Bible in Newgate Street, 1690), by Otto Tachenius and J. W. (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Curiositez inouyes, sur la sculpture talismanique des persans. Horoscope des patriarches. Et lecture des estoilles. English. (London : Printed by G.D. for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1650), by Jacques Gaffarel, trans. by Edmund Chilmead (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar (Columbia University Libraries, 1700), by George A. Plimpton, Aristotle, the Great Alexander, and Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)

• [On charms and talismans] (Columbia University Libraries, 1813), by Muḥammad Amīn ʻAṭṭār, David Eugene Smith, and Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Materiality of Magic (Paderborn: W. Fink, c2015), ed. by Dietrich Boschung and Jan N. Bremmer (PDF with commentary in Germany)
• The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems (second and revised edition; London: William Rider and Son, 1922), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Petr. Frid. Arpe De prodigiosis naturæ et artis operibus, talismanes et amuleta dictis, cum recensione scriptorum huius argumenti, liber singularis. (apud C. Liebezeit, 1717), by Peter Friedrich Arpe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curiositez inovyes, hoc est: curiositates inauditae de figvris Persarum talismannicis, horoscopo patriarcharum et characteribus coelestibus (apud Gothofredum Schultzen, 1676), by Jacques Gaffarel and Gregorius Michael (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supersticiones de los indios filipinos. Un libro de aniterías ([Viuda de M. Minuesa de los Ríos], 1894), by W. E. Retana (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediaeval. (Putnam, 1887), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of talismans, amulets and zodiacal gems (D. McKay, 1915), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gnostics and their remains, ancient and medieval (Bell and Dalby, 1864), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediaeval (David Nutt, 1887), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philippipne Project Material. ([Viuda de M. Minuesa de los Ríos], 1894), by W. E. Retana and American Philosophical Society. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of amulets, charms, and talismans : a historical investigation into their nature and origin ([publisher not identified], 1893), by Michael Levi Rodkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sommerville talismans. (University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Archaeology and Paleontology, 1889), by Maxwell Sommerville and University of Pennsylvania. Department of Archaeology (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of amulets, charms and talismans : a historical investigation into their nature and origin ([s.n.], 1893), by Michael Levi Rodkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Altschlesische Schutzbriefe und Schutzgebete (Breslau, 1929), by Joseph Klapper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of talismans, amulets, and zodiacal gems (Rider, 1922), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recueil de talismans laotiens (E. Leroux, 1900), by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curiositates inauditæ, sive, Selectæ observationes de variis superstitionibus ... de figuris talismanicis, horoscopo patriarchum, charateribusque cœlestibus (sumptu Benjaminis Schilleri, 1706), by Jacques Gaffarel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Refaʼel ha-malʼakh. (Y. Shlamaṿits, 1925), by Yehudah Yudl Rozenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recueil de talismans Laotiens (Ernest Leroux, 1900), by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Geheimnis der Amulette u. Talismane; Herstellung und Machart derselben nach alten Autoren auf magisch-astrologische Weise, sowie deren Anwendung im Kampf ums Dasein. (Im "Talis-Verlag", 1919), by R. H. Laarss and Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polnai︠a︡ kniga talismanov, zagovorov i zaklinanī̆ : ili putʹ k uspi︠e︡khu v zhizni i ist︠s︡i︠e︡lenīi︠u︡ vsevozmozhnykh boli︠e︡zneĭ. ([Tip. P.V. Bi︠e︡lʹt︠s︡ova, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les parures préhistoriques et antiques en grains d'enfilage et les colliers talismans celto-armoricains (E. Leroux, 1897), by Paul Aveneau de la Grancière (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zhongguo dao tan fu lu zuo fa (Yi qun tu shu you xian gong si, 1900), by Emeijushi (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediaeval (Bell and Daldy, 1864), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Ḳemiʻot ve-segulot] (Columbia University Libraries, in the 15th century), by Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gnostics and their remains, ancient and medieval (Bell and Dalby, 1864), by C. W. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of talismans, amulets and zodiacal gems (D. McKay, 1915), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Einladung zur dritten hundertjährigen Jubelfeier des Reformationsfestes, welche in dem Berlinisch-Köllnischen Gymnasium zum grauen Kloster Donnerstag den 6 ten November 1817, von 10 Uhr an, veranstaltet wird; nebst einem Versuch über die Gemmen der Alten mit dem Abraxas-Bilde. (Nicolai] Gedruct bei Dieterici, 1818), by Joh. Joach. Bellermann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baḥr al-ʻUyūn. (Columbia University Libraries, 1800), by David Eugene Smith, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī, and Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Segulot ṿe-ḥidot. (Columbia University Libraries, in the 19th century), by Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Talisman]. (1800), by McGill University. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fu zhou yan jiu fa (Jing ling xue she, 1924), by Zhefu Yu (page images at HathiTrust)

• Segulot ṿe-ḥidot. (Columbia University Libraries, in the 19th century), by Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Zeng bu guan sha xiu li jin bai zhong jing (s.n., 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ralestone Luck (New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938), by Andre Norton, illust. by James Reid
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at durendal.org
• The Filigree Ball (New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903), by Anna Katharine Green
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • Gutenberg text

• The soul of Lilith (R. Bentley, 1892), by Marie Corelli (page images at HathiTrust)
• The soul of Lilith (American News Co., 1892), by Marie Corelli and American News Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The soul of Lilith, by Marie Corelli (Gutenberg ebook)

• [Talismanic scroll with metal case, 727?, i.e. 1327? and 18th century?]. (1327), by active 1327 Ḥusayn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Khurāsānī (page images at HathiTrust)

• Gabrielis Clauderi ... Dissertatio de tinctura universali, (vulgò lapis philosophorum dictâ) in qva 1. qvid haec sit. 2. qvod detur in rerum natura: [3] an christiano consultum sit immediatè in hano inqvirere; 4.è qva materia; & 5. qvomodo praeparetur, per rationes, & variorum experientism perspicuè proponitur; aliaqve curiosa & utilia, huic analoga, adnectuntur ... (apud Godofredum Richterum, 1678), by Gabriel Clauder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Non Rhetorice sed Arithmetice orandum est, et quidem per omnes Species (1626), by Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Christian II, Battista Guarini, Richard Aron, and Richard Aron Collection on European Education (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library) (page images at HathiTrust)

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