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Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism"

Britten, Emma Hardinge, d. 1899, Dadmun, John H., former owner. DLC, Walrond, George W., inscriber. DLC, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · 1884 · New York : Published by William Britten : Lovell & Co. · 42 pictures

A late nineteenth-century historical compendium on modern spiritualism by Emma Hardinge Britten, published in New York in 1884 and aimed at general readers of the spiritualist movement. Its pictures are sepia halftone portraits of men in oval vignettes, with soft grey tonal modelling, bearded faces, and dark frock coats and cravats, offering a designer a ready source of Victorian studio portrait framing and period male dress.

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