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Title: Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe

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Title: Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe Title Record # 1404498
Author: Wilhelm Meinhold
Date: 1839-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-DE, Wikipedia-EN
Language: German
Synopsis: A Gothic novel, and historical fraud, purporting to be a true account of the trial of an innocent woman accused of witchcraft.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1844Translated by Lady Duff Gordon
English Maria Schweidler, the Amber Witch [as by W. Meinhold]
1844Translated by E. A. Friedlænder from the German
English The Amber Witch: The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known [as by W. Meinhold]
1846<ul><li>Translated by Lady Duff Gordon from the German.<li>The Project Gutenberg publication originally asserted the 1846 date for this translation.<li>"In the 1840s, Meinhold published what he claimed was an instructional document for the avoidance of witchcraft written by a minister. It was fiction." (Abebooks newsletter on "Jokes, Hoaxes & Other Literary Frauds", 2012-04-02)<li>As of March 2019 Wikipedia gives publication dates 1838 for the original, 1844 for the translation, and 1895 for the "luxurious" edition illustrated by Burne-Jones.</ul>
English The Amber Witch
1852Translated by unknown hands
English The Amber Witch [as by W. Meinhold]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Amber Witch: The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known 1844-00-00 W. Meinhold H. G. Clarke     xii+
262
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
Maria Schweidler, the Amber Witch 1844-00-00 W. Meinhold John Murray     xi+
171
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Maria Schweidler, the Amber Witch 1845-00-00 W. Meinhold Wiley and Putnam (Wiley and Putnam's Library of Choice Reading #2)     xi+
180
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Vathek: An Arabian Tale; The Amber Witch 1852-00-00 uncredited Henry G. Bohn      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Sidonia the Sorceress and The Amber Witch: Vol. I & II 1894-00-00 William Meinhold Reeves & Turner      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Five Victorian Ghost Novels 1971-08-16 E. F. Bleiler Dover Publications 0-486-22558-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
421
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Edward Gorey  
The Amber Witch 2005-08-01 Wilhelm Meinhold Project Gutenberg 8743
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Five Victorian Ghost Novels date unknown E. F. Bleiler Dover Publications 0-486-22558-5
$4.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
421
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Edward Gorey Checkmark
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