Octagon Press
Octagon Press is an institution recorded by Wikidata, Wikipedia. Octagon Press is recorded as founded by Idries Shah. Octagon Press is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q7076716. Octagon Press is recorded from 1960. The heading is held on record by Wikidata, Wikipedia. 3 cited statements stand behind this entry, drawn from 2 verified sources.
Overview
What the sources state
• Founder: Octagon Press is recorded as founded by Idries Shah. (Wikidata, structured authority record Q7076716: Octagon Press)
• Identity: Octagon Press is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q7076716. (Wikidata, structured authority record Q7076716: Octagon Press)
• Inception: Octagon Press is recorded from 1960. (Wikidata, structured authority record Q7076716: Octagon Press)
Identity and overview
The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.
Octagon Press is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q7076716. It is also recorded that octagon Press is recorded from 1960.
Publications and programmes
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.
Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Man and his environment / edited by R. T. Appleyard. is dated 1970 and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that the commerce between the Roman Empire and India / by E.H. Warmington. is dated [1974] and held by Wellcome Collection. The register further records that the philosophy of Francis Bacon : an address delivered at Cambridge on the occasion of the Bacon Tercentenary, 5 October 1926 / by C.D. Broad. is dated 1976 and held by Wellcome Collection.
The Metaphysical Society : Victorian minds in crisis, 1869-1880 / Alan Willard Brown. is dated 1973 and held by Wellcome Collection. The register further records that the Indian Guru and his disciple / Peter L. Brent. is dated 1971 and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a a memorial arch. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871. is dated 1981 and held by Wellcome Collection. Biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a memorial arch. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871. is dated 1871 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 6 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Wikidata, Wikipedia, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Wellcome Collection, DataCite and National Library of Medicine. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
Sources
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- 1.
DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Octagon Press”
Institutional database · Scholarly
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“Octagon Press”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1143630599, Octagon Press.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming Octagon Press.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q7076716: Octagon Press
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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