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198227857Montréal l'artiste 1982 In-4 illustré, 30,5 cm, 8 photos couleurs montées, sous chemises titrées: Fraises, Framboises, Groseilles, Gadelles, Mûres, Atocas, Bleuets et Pimbina, sous couverture imprimée ; suivi de : La Seconde partie contenant la façon et maniere de faire toutes les confitures liquides... par Michel Nostradamus, 1557. [40]p. Couverture imprimée.
1665E11868BLyon: Claude la Riviere 1665. vellum. Very Good. Aprox. 18mo 3 1/4 x 5 5/8". 10 preface178 pp. Title page woodcut portrait of Nostradamus with sun and sphere to either side. Text in French. Two volumes in one but sequentially paginated. The first portion printed by Riviere contains "centuries" I-VII. Second title page "Les Prophities de M. Michel Nostadamus: CenturiesVIII IX X. " also printed Lyon 1665 but printed by Jean Balam. Duplicates the frontispiece portrait of the first section. First title page has some light staining to one corner and a small corner repair; interior generally fine with occasional minor repair to a few pages. The binding while early is not contemporary and is made of a vellum illuminated manuscript page with capitals in red and blue and lettering in black somewhat faded to grey. Photos available to serious inquirers. Claude la Riviere unknown
169191151691 A Rouen, chez Jean-B[aptiste] Besongne, ruë Ecuyere, au Soleil Royal, 1691. Un volume petit in-12° (88 x 145 mm) de [32]+216 pages, orné de bois gravés de facture plutôt rudimentaire: portrait en pied de Nostradamus, de son fils César, d Henri II (sous les traits du Charlemagne des cartes à jouer), dHenri IV, et de Louis XIV. Reliure en vélin souple de lépoque, titre manuscrit au dos. Il est curieux de constater que le sixain no 58, page 182 (qui ne doit rien à Nostradamus) est considéré (page 216) comme annonçant la mort du roi dEspagne sans descendance et lunion de lEspagne à la France «par lalliance de la feue reine Marie-Thérèse dAutriche, la France sera maîtresse de lEspagne»; cest à peu près ce qui se produira dix ans après la parution de notre ouvrage; rien de miraculeux cependant, il suffisait de suivre lactualité des Courset dun peu de perpicacité.
0941401667: Daniel Winkeermans Amsterdam. Leather Bound. pp. 186. 12mo. Contemporary brown leather with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Title label chipped some surface cracks to spine ffep excised. Ink name early ink annotations some worming. An early Dutch-published French-language edition of Nostradamus' prophecies which were first published in 1555. With a life of the author. Daniel Winkeermans unknown
201054482Paris Les Bibliophiles de 2010 In-4, en feuilles, couverture illustre du sigle de la socit de bibliophilie gaufr froid (embotage de l'diteur).Ces 11 recettes extraites du Trait des fardements et confitures crit par Nostradamus en 1552 et publi par Antoine Volant Lyon en 1555, sont illustres de 12 gravures hors texte la manire noire en couleurs de Mario Avati. Tirage unique limit 125 exemplaires numrots sur vlin de Rives.
168914777<p><b>1689 NOSTRADAMUS Prophecies Astrology Astronomy Occult Visions Prophecy RARE</b></p><p><i>"From the enslaved populace songs</i></p><p><i>Chants and demands</i></p><p><i>While princes and lords are held captive in prisons.</i></p><p><i>These will in the future by headless idiots</i></p><p><i>Be received as divine prayers."</i></p><p><i> – </i>Nostradamus prediction of the French Revolution</p><p>Nostradamus considered perhaps the most famous prophetical seer has been credited with prophesying important and impactful world events such as the French Revolution Great London Fire and reigns of Napoleon and Hitler. Nostradamus claimed that the basis for his "<i>Prophecies</i>" was founded in his judgment of astrology. He was heavily criticized by astrologers for being 'incompetent' as no one could truly predict the future.</p><p>This rare 1689 Bordeaux edition features a fine woodcut engraving on the title page and <b>includes over 300 Nostradamus prophecies and visions.</b></p><p>Item number: #14777</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>NOSTRADAMUS Michel</p><p><b><i>Les vrayes centuries et propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus. OuÌ€ se void representeÌ tout ce qui s'est passeÌ tant en France Espagne Italie Allemagne Angleterre que autres parties du monde</i></b></p><p>Bordeaux : Chez Pierre Abegou 1689.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages:</p><p>o 'Propheties' – 16 95 </p><p>o 'Centurie' – 80p</p><p>o Each portion has separate title page.</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure </p><p>· Size: ~6in X 4in 15cm x 10cm</p><p>· Very rare and desirable </p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>14777</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Pierre Abegou hardcover
1656FDC-41Sans lieu [Amsterdam], 1656, in-12 de 458 pp. et 1 ff. d’errata, veau blond glacé, 3 filets dorés en encadrement sur les plats, dos orné de fleurons dorés, tranches dorées.
162418292Lyon, Simon Rigaud pour la soc. Caldorienne, 1624 fort volume in-folio (23 X 36 cm) veau havane raciné, dos à nerfs orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges. 20 + 1092 + 63 pp (table sur deux colonnes). (Coiffes et mors du premier plat habilement restaurés, mouillure claire dans la partie inférieure de l'ouvrage).
47320ouÌ€ se void representeÌ tout ce qui s'est passeÌ tant en France Espagne Italie Allemagne Angleterre qu'autres parties du monde : revues et corrigeÌes suivant les premieres editions imprimeÌes à Paris Rouen Avignon Troyes Hollande & autres. Avec la Vie de l'Autheur. Et plusieurs de ces centuries expliquées par un Sçavant de ce temps. Rouen : Jean-B. Besongne 1691. Duodecimo 145 x 85 mm contemporary mottled calf lower board with tiny piece of loss at centre spine with raised bands gilt decoration and contrasting leather title-piece lettered in gilt and at the head an old library paper shelf label with numeral in ms.; edges speckled red; title with old stamp of the Bibliotheque de Cherbourg cancelled by that library's duplicate 'Double' stamp; pp. 36 216 sig. A-I12; woodcut frontispiece and five additional woodcuts including a full-page portrait of Nostradamus woodcut head- and tailpieces; binding firm clean throughout a very good copy. Collated and complete. Rare Rouen ""hawker's edition"" of the prophecies of Nostradamus printed by Jean-Baptiste Besongne. The contents include: a life of Nostradamus by J. A. de Chavigny; the preface addressed to César Nostradamus; the letter to Henry II; the Centuries from I to XII the Omens in the years 1555 and following; the other Predictions of Nostradamus by Vincent de Sève and the Remarques Curieuses sur les Centuries. The frontispiece woodcut depicts la Mort du Roy d'Angleterre et l'embrasement de Londres and there are two portraits of Nostradamus one of Henry II one of Henry IV and one of Louis XIV. Chomarat/Laroche Bibliographie Nostradamus: XVIe-XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles 302; Dorbon Bibliotheca Esoterica 6361. hardcover
275516Simon Rigaud Pour La Soc. Caldorienne Lyon 1614 l'HISTOIRE et CHRONIQUE de PROVENCE de Caesar de NOSTRADAMUS Gentilhomme provençal où passent de temps en temps et en bel ordre les Anciens Poetes Personnes et familles Illustres qui ont fleuri depuis VI Ans Oultre plusieurs Races de France, d'Italie, Hespagne, Languedoc, Daufhiné, et Piémont y rencontrées avec celles qui depuis se sont diversement annoblies comme aussi les plus signallés combats et remarquables faicts d'Armes qui sy sont passez de temps en temps iusques à la paix de Vervins.Petit in-folio ( 360 X 235 mm ) de 1 titre gravé, 20 pages, 1, 1092 pages, 65 pages, plein veau citron, dos à nerfs janséniste. Nombreuses figures dans le texte ( lettrines, bandeaux et figures héraldiques ). EDITION ORIGINALE contenant une magnifique page de titre gravée par Dubrayet, avec les attributs des villes d'Aix, Arles, Avignon et Marseille. ( "Cette première histoire de la Provence mérite d'être conservée, surtout à cause du récit que l'auteur y fait des troubles dont il avait été le témoin". Brunet IV - 109 ). Usures aux coupes, coins et coiffes, mors fendus sur 6 cm en tête et en queue, portrait absent. Malgré les défauts annoncés, agréable exemplaire, solide, de la plus rare et de la plus ancienne des "Histoire de Provence".
19612014Sous coffret. Reliure plein cartonnage crème à la bradel. Dos lisse orné de dorures avec auteur en long. Tête dorée. Premier plat illustré du titre avec une lettrine en couleurs et de 8 mosaïques en argent en relief. Intérieur très frais sur papier bien blanc. Illustrations en couleurs de Jean GRADASSI. Le texte est écrit dans un décor enluminé. Les illustrations hors texte sont magnifiques!
1689768P44Cologne: Jean Volcker 1689. Vellum. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. An early edition of Nostradamus' popular prophetic work one of the most important works of the sixteenth century here in the original French. Written in the original French.Register runs as a-b8 A-M8 N4 a-b8 c4. Collated complete.Nostradamus' influential and culturally important 'Prophecies'.This work was originally published in 1555 and became immensely popular over the following centuries.The prophecies are collected in this volume as poems quatrains and verses divided into ten centuries in 942 quatrains all of which are present in this volume. Nostradamus claimed that he based his predictions on judicial astrology though it's clear he also got a lot of inspiration from Greek works and the Bible.Typically the predications don't follow a chronological coherence and were written in French Greek Latin and Occitan. Most of the quatrains deal with the topic of disasters after which Nostradamus gained the rumour of being able to predict the future.Nostradamus was a French astrologer who was believed to have supernatural powers of prophecy after the publication of this work gaining a lot of supporters.This edition includes a brief life of Nostradamus. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper.Index is present to the rear. In a later vellum binding. Externally with some discolouration and marks to the boards as is usual with vellum binding. Minor marks and just a little rubbing to the boards. Front hinge is starting a little but remains firm. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Small amount of worming to the rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean with just some odd light spots. Some pages are a little closely cropped to the head affecting the running title to some leaves. Small patch of worming to the gutter of leaves A1-A5 not affecting text. Small scorch mark to leaf A2 affecting three words only with a very small amount of loss. Small worming patch to leaves c3-4 not affecting text. Very Good Jean Volcker hardcover
160523789Troyes Languedoc: Pierre de Rau Chasteau de Chantilly 1605. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 63 56 8 leaves. Modern half vellum marbled paper boards ink spine title. Woodcut portrait of Nostradamus on the title page which is lightly rubbed and with a tiny repair on the top margin not affecting the text. Contemporary faded signature on the title page. A few pages with light dampstaining A2 verso with a top corner touching one letter of text. Overall a very good copy.<br /> <p><br /> The first edition to contain the 141 Presages from the 1555-67 Almanachs and the 58 Sixains. Rare.<br /> <p><br /> The title page bears no statement of printing or place only the date but references suggest it was printed at Troyes by Pierre de Ruau. The first of the final eight leaves state: "Par Vincent Seue de Baucaire en Languedoc des le 19 Mars 1605 au Chasteau de Chantilly maison de Monseigneur le Connestable de Montmorency."<br /> <p><br /> Chomarat 166; Benazra p. 156; Caiullet 8067. OCLC 1066386203.<br /> <p>. (Pierre de Rau) Chasteau de Chantilly hardcover
161477903Simon Rigaud pour la soc. Caldorienne | Lyon 1614 | 22.50 x 36 cm | relié
24709Lyon, Simon Rigaud, pour la société caldorienne, 1614. 1 fort vol. in-folio, peau mégissée, dos à nerfs orné de filets à froid, encadrement d'un filet à froid sur les plats, tranches jonquille. Reliure récente. Titre-frontispice hors-texte gravé en taille-douce par Dubrayet, portrait hors-texte de César de Nostradamus gravé en taille-douce, 253 blasons, 2 médailles et 1 vignette gravées sur bois dans le texte, texte entouré d'un filet noir, 20 pp., 1092 pp. [recte 1082], 63 pp. de table. Signatures : at6 et4 [A-Z]6 [Aa-Zz]6 [Aaa-Zzz]6 [Aaaa-Zzzz]6 [Aaaaa-Ccccc]6 Ddddd4. Un trou de ver traverse le volume avec perte de qq. caractères, mouillures sur le dernier quart du volume. Sans le plan qui manque souvent, d'après Saffroy.
178918819Liège 1789. Contemporary mottled tanned sheepskin gold-tooled spine with red title-label marbled edges. 8vo. With a woodcut illustration on title-page 20 engraved emblems at the beginning of each chapter several by Pieter Balthazar Bouttats and some woodcut tailpieces. Rare first edition of a work containing 20 adapted prophecies of the French apothecary and seer Michel de Nostradamus 1503-1566. Nostradamus's predictions first published in 1555 as Les proheties are here edited by an anonymous author giving an explanation of and opinion about each prophecy. Each prophecy is preceded by an oval emblematic engraving 6 signed by the Antwerp-based engraver Pieter Balthazar Bouttats 1666-1756. Since the engravings don't relate to the text they were probably originally made to illustrate an earlier work and were reused in the present work.With bookplate. Browned with some occasional small spots or stains but otherwise in good condition. Binding worn along the extremities bottom of spine damaged.l Chomarat M. & J.-P. Laroche Bibliographie Nostradamus Baden-Baden 1989 372; WorldCat 6 copies. unknown
196143768Nice Plaisir de Lire, Edi 1961 Fort in-4, maroquin rouge orn sur les plats de motifs floraux mtalliques incrustrs en relief, dos nerfs orn de fleurons dors; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, tte dore, non rogn (reliure de l'diteur).Belle dition illustre par Jean Gradassi de compositions en couleurs, dont 15 hors-texte et de trs nombreux encadrements, miniatures en bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe ornant chacune des pages du livre. On apprciera en particulier les 3 derniers hors-texte des trois dernires centuries, montrant la proche destruction de Paris (1999), la dernire des guerres et les moyens techniques de combat et de destruction totale, et la planche consacre l'avnement de la paix universelle. Tirage limit 880 exemplaires numrots. Un des 625 exemplaires sur grand vlin de Docelles. Un des rares exemplaires dans la reliure d'diteur.
161477903Lyon: Simon Rigaud pour la soc. Caldorienne 1614. Fine. Simon Rigaud pour la soc. Caldorienne Lyon 1614 22.50 x 36 cm relié First edition. Engraved frontispiece title-page by Dubrayet out-of-text portrait of César de Nostradamus engraved in copperplate 253 coats of arms 2 medals and 1 vignette engraved on wood in the text text surrounded by a black fillet. Beautiful engraved frontispiece title with allegories of Aix Arles Avignon and Marseille. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 small fleurons. Tawny sheep title label. Blind fillet frame on covers. Rubbing and surface wear. Paper uniformly yellowed. Faint dampstain in lower margin pp. 1 to 245. Lack to upper corner of frontispiece in margin. Brown stains on leaf a in margin. Light scattered dampstains. The first work of importance on Provence the work is written in a sustained sometimes baroque style. Despite inaccuracies in certain genealogies this history remains precious for all the events of which César de Nostradamus was a direct witness notably the troubles of the League in Provence. César de Nostredame was the son of the famous astrologer and physician he occupied himself mainly with poetry and L'histoire de Provence is his major work. Simon Rigaud pour la soc. Caldorienne hardcover
1689ST20606Bordeaux: Pierre Abegou Jean Martel 1689. 156 x 89 mm. 6 1/8 x 3 1/2". 14 p.l. 95 1 80 pp. With a life of the author. <br/> APPROPRIATELY CELESTIAL CONTEMPORARY VELLUM SPRINKLED WITH GILT STARS on covers flat spine densely tooled with repeating Gascon-style fleurette. Two section titles with an excellent woodcut depicting Nostradamus surrounded by the instruments of his trade woodcut tailpieces of stars and moon. Front pastedown with pencilled name and annotations of Nostradamus scholar Daniel Ruzo de los Heros. USTC 6163254. Minor soiling and three small brown stains to covers first quire and last two quires a bit browned due to paper quality one leaf with horizontal crease partially obscuring a line of text though still legible other isolated imperfections but an excellent copy nevertheless the text clean and fresh and the curious binding shining with gilt and showing almost no wear.<br/> <br/> In a particularly charming star-studded binding this is an excellent copy of Nostradamus' famous prophecies which has been part of two major Nostradamus collections. The famous astrologer and physician Michel de Nostre-Dame known as Nostradamus 1503-66 caused a sensation with the publication of his "Centuries" in 1555 a collection of predictions written in nearly impenetrable quatrains that has enjoyed a certain measure of popularity ever since. Published in Bordeaux in 1698 our edition contains the 942 surviving predictions together with a brief biography of Nostradamus. Our copy is distinguished by a strikingly appropriate contemporary "reliure parlante"--a binding designed to mirror the contents of the book it covers; in this case the field of shimmering gilt stars perfectly suits the subject of reading the heavens and wonderfully complements the celestial woodcuts in the book. This copy has been part of two notable libraries of Nostradamus material. Former owner Daniel Ruzo de los Heros 1900-91 was a Peruvian scholar and eccentric whose wide-ranging career included serving as district mayor of Miraflores in Lima publishing numerous works on the possible man-made nature of the geologic formations in Marcahuasi and most relevant here collecting a wealth of Nostradamus material. His 1970 work "El Testamento Autentico de Nostradamus" includes his theories on Nostradamus' prophecies along with a bibliography of published editions of Nostradamus' works including many from his own library; the present copy is not included suggesting it was a later addition to Ruzo's collection. The extensive pencil notations on the front pastedown include Ruzo's cryptographical interpretations of Nostradamus' verses--including an anagram of "Nostradamus" as "Mandat Russo" roughly translated from the Spanish as a "command made by Russo" which Ruzo has further marked with his own name to ensure no one could miss the joke. The present copy subsequently passed into the library of Elmar R. Gruber b. 1955 psychologist researcher and noted collector of mediumistic art. His esoteric research led to an interest in Nostradamus and he built a significant collection of Nostradamus material culminating in his 2003 publication "Nostradamus: Sein Leben sein Werk und die wahre Bedeutung seiner Prophezeiungen.". Pierre Abegou, Jean Martel unknown
1672129189London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson 1672. First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio contemporary calf title page printed in red and black. In very good condition. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf. A physician by trade Michel de Nostredame "began his prophetic writings in the early 1540s with a series of short yearly almanacs in which he made predictions in verse. The new art of printing gratified a popular demand for supernaturally acquired 'certainty' and such almanacs were a common literary production of the day. It was with Les Prophéties 1555 however that Nostradamus became an author of contemporary reputation and a figure who has had an impact on later history… His more than 1000 rhyming quatrains arranged in 'centuries' of 100 constitute the largest body of prophetic verse prepared to that day perhaps in all literature" Clute & Grant 694. By blending scholarly learning received folklore and religious sentiment in richly symbolic highly poetic and frequently innovative language—and by crafting veiled commentary on the celebrities scandals warfare and pressing issues of his day—Nostradamus captured both the public's imagination and the French royal family's patronage. The doctor-seer's influence continues: readers have found in his prophecies such crises as the French Revolution and both World Wars and several have interpreted his reference to war erupting in the Balkans or the Middle East as a glimpse at the end of the world. "More than any other writer in modern times Nostradamus knew how to titillate the deep-seated craving felt by potentate and plebeian alike to foresee the future near and remote" DSB. Wing N1399. Lowndes 1708. Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson unknown
1672151294London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson 1672. First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio contemporary calf copper-engraved frontispiece title-page printed in red and black morocco spine label. The predictions of the famed 16th century astrologer Michel Nostradamus or Notredame 1503-1566 given in the original French rhymed quatrains and in English translation. The copper-engraved frontispiece depicts the translator at his desk quill pen in hand portraits of Michael Nostradamus and Theophilus Garencières on the wall. There are old ink notes within both marginal and interlinear and on the back of the frontispiece. Wing N1399. In very good condition rebacked marginalia rear hinge starting. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf. A physician by trade Michel de Nostredame "began his prophetic writings in the early 1540s with a series of short yearly almanacs in which he made predictions in verse. The new art of printing gratified a popular demand for supernaturally acquired 'certainty' and such almanacs were a common literary production of the day. It was with Les Prophéties 1555 however that Nostradamus became an author of contemporary reputation and a figure who has had an impact on later history… His more than 1000 rhyming quatrains arranged in 'centuries' of 100 constitute the largest body of prophetic verse prepared to that day perhaps in all literature" Clute & Grant 694. By blending scholarly learning received folklore and religious sentiment in richly symbolic highly poetic and frequently innovative language—and by crafting veiled commentary on the celebrities scandals warfare and pressing issues of his day—Nostradamus captured both the public's imagination and the French royal family's patronage. The doctor-seer's influence continues: readers have found in his prophecies such crises as the French Revolution and both World Wars and several have interpreted his reference to war erupting in the Balkans or the Middle East as a glimpse at the end of the world. "More than any other writer in modern times Nostradamus knew how to titillate the deep-seated craving felt by potentate and plebeian alike to foresee the future near and remote" DSB. Wing N1399. Lowndes 1708. Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson unknown
167268228London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson 1672. First English edition of Nostradamus' famous prognostications. Small folio in fours 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 299 x 191 mm. 36 522 2 blank pp. With scarce engraved frontispiece portrait by Dolle often not present. Decorated woodcut initials and headpieces. Title page printed in red and black.<br> <br> Contemporary mottled calf neatly rebacked retaining original red morocco lettering label. Board edges tooled in gilt. Marbled edges. With two previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown including an eighteenth-century armorial bookplate of Sir George Cooke of Westminster. Pages with some occasional foxing and toning. A few tiny burn holes only slightly affecting text on leaf F4. Otherwise a very good copy of this controversial work.<br> <br> Nostradamus's famous prophecies were first published in Lyons in 1555. Nostradamus Michel de Notredame was for years a wandering physician until 1547 when he married a wealthy widow. His major energies though were directed towards the pursuit of knowledge from the ancient Hebrew prophets to whose religion his ancestors had adhered until his grandfather converted to Catholicism. In 1555 he claimed divine inspiration for his astrological forecasts and his first book of prophecies was printed in Lyon. This work garnered him instant success and by the end of the year he was summoned to the French court to cast the horoscopes of the royal children. "Although he earned both admiration and enmity already in his own time the controversy over the credibility of his vague prognostications endures" Kenney.<br> <br> Caillet III 8073. Kenney Catalogue of the Rare Astronomical Books in the San Diego State University Library 134. Wing N1399.<br> <br> HBS 68228.<br> <br> $14500. Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson unknown
167268228First English Translation Of Nostradamusà Prophecies NOSTRADAMUS. The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus. Physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning. Translated and Commented by Theophilus de Garencieres Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond. London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson 1672. First English edition of Nostradamusà famous prognostications. Small folio in fours 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 299 x 191 mm. 36 522 2 blank pp. With scarce engraved frontispiece portrait by Dolle often not present. Decorated woodcut initials and headpieces. Title page printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf neatly rebacked retaining original red morocco lettering label. Board edges tooled in gilt. Marbled edges. With two previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown including an eighteenth-century armorial bookplate of Sir George Cooke of Westminster. Pages with some occasional foxing and toning. A few tiny burn holes only slightly affecting text on leaf F4. Otherwise a very good copy of this controversial work. Nostradamus's famous prophecies were first published in Lyons in 1555. Nostradamus Michel de Notredame was for years a wandering physician until 1547 when he married a wealthy widow. His major energies though were directed towards the pursuit of knowledge from the ancient Hebrew prophets to whose religion his ancestors had adhered until his grandfather converted to Catholicism. In 1555 he claimed divine inspiration for his astrological forecasts and his first book of prophecies was printed in Lyon. This work garnered him instant success and by the end of the year he was summoned to the French court to cast the horoscopes of the royal children. "Although he earned both admiration and enmity already in his own time the controversy over the credibility of his vague prognostications endures" Kenney. Caillet III 8073. Kenney Catalogue of the Rare Astronomical Books in the San Diego State University Library 134. Wing N1399. HBS 68228. $14500 Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson unknown books
16723366London: Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson 1672. First English language edition. Contemporary sprinkled calf with five raised bands and gilt to spine. Extremities of spine expertly restored and front joint strengthened. All edges sprinkled red. Early ownership signature of B. Talbot 1690 to front endpaper. Occasional early ink notations to margins and a few trivial spots to paper else an exceptionally clean and pleasing copy. Folio measuring 190 x 295mm and collating 36 522: complete including frontis. <br/><br/>For years a wandering physician Nostradamus spent his energy pursuing knowledge of the ancient Hebrew prophets to whose religion his family had adhered until their conversion to Catholicism. In 1555 his prophecies first appeared in print and made him famous for his astrological forecasts -- predictions he claimed were divinely inspired. "Most of the predictions Nostradamus composed during his life dealt with disasters such as plagues earthquakes wars floods invasions murders droughts and battles. Enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history including the French Revolution the rises of Napoleon and Hitler the development of the atomic bomb and the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.Nostradamus' timeless predictions continue to make him popular to those seeking answers to life's more difficult questions" Biography. Today Nostradamus remains an infamous and controversial figure. Here his predictions about the future of humanity and the world appear in English for the first time. <br/><br/>Wing N1399. Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson unknown books