Originally published in Latin as De Coelo et Ejus Mirabilibus, et de Inferno, ex Auditis et Visis,
London, 1758
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First printing, 2002
Second printing, 2008
Third printing, 2010
Revised fourth printing, 2016
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN (library) 978-0-87785-475-
ISBN (paperback) 978-0-87785-476-
ISBN (portable) 978-0-87785-406-
The following is the Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data from the Deluxe
edition of this title, which contains, in addition to the material found in this Portable edition,
a translator’s preface, introduction, and annotations, with lists of works cited, an index of
scriptural passages, and a table of parallel passages. The ISBN in the Library of Congress data is
the previous, 10 -digit ISBN.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688 – 1722.
[De coelo et ejus mirabilibus. English]
Heaven and its wonders and hell : drawn from things heard and seen / Emanuel Swedenborg ;
translated from the Latin by George F. Dole ; with an introduction by Bernhard Lang ; and notes
by George F. Dole, Robert H. Kirven, and Jonathan S. Rose.
p. cm. — (The new century edition of the works of Emanuel Swedenborg)
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and indexes.
ISBN 0 - 87785 - 475 - 0 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- Heaven—Christianity. 2. Hell—Christianity. 3. Future life—Christianity—Early works to
- I. Dole, George F. II. Lang, Bernhard, 1946 – III. Kirven, Robert H. IV. Rose, Jonathan
S. V. Title.
BX 8712 .H 513 2000
236 '. 24 —dc 21
00-
Text designed by Joanna V. Hill
Ornaments from the fi rst Latin edition, 1758
Index by Bruce Tracy
Typesetting by Alicia L. Dole
Cover designed by Karen Connor
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