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1765183855Hamburg/Danzig, Johann Carl Bohn / Daniel Ludwig Wedel, 1765. gebundene Ausgabe
1786019210<p>London UK: M. Sibley 1786. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 219pp; Handsomely rebound in textured maroon boards with gilt titling to spine boards square clean & bright previous owner's name to title page pages lightly age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Scarce antique volume on astrology originally written in Greek by Claudius Ptolemy c. 100-170s AD a Greco-Roman mathematician astronomer astrologer geographer and music theorist. This edition translated by John Whalley 1653-1724 "professor of physic and astrology and others" but with a reputation as a notorious Irish quack. The original Greek title was Tetrabiblos the Latin title was Quadripartitum and the volume is also known as Apotelesmatika.</p> M. Sibley hardcover
17870034551787 Paris, Debure l'aîné, 1787. In-quarto (208 X 260 mm) basane fauve racinée, dos cinq nerfs, caissons dorés ornés, pièce de titre maroquin grenat, coiffes et coupes ornées, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (1) f. blanc, faux-titre, titre, CLXXX [180] pages de "Discours préliminaire", 427 pages, (1) f. blanc. Infimes travaux de vers aux mors et sur le dos, épidermure au second plat.
17663142Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1766 ; in-4 ; plein veau fauche tacheté, dos à nerfs décoré, pièce de titre bordeaux, tranches rouges cirées (reliure de l'époque) ; VIII pp., 412 pp.
179269260London: Printed for W. Locke 1792. ASTROLOGY. Including a superb Edition of Lavater's Physiognomy. London: Printed for W. Locke 1791-93.<br> <br> First edition of all issues of this scarce magazine; August 1791 to July 1793 after which time it was called The Astrologer's Magazine and continued for a further six months. Two octavo volumes 8 1/8 x 5 inches; 205 x 126 mm. 494 4 index 104; 104 2 99-520 4 index pp. Frontispiece at the beginning of each volume. Monthly titles to all issues. Numerous charts and diagrams throughout. Issues from August September and October 1792 Pages 1-104 are found in duplicate once at the end of volume I and also at the start of volume II. They each have the "George III" frontispiece accompanying them.<br> <br> Although it contained more occult information than legerdemain the Conjuror's Magazine is generally considered the first conjuring periodical. With much astrological interest. There were originally eighty Lavater plates issued with the magazine but these are always absent in bound runs.<br> <br> Bound in newer brown cloth. Black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges dyed brown. Front inner hinge of volume I starting. Some scattered foxing and browning especially to first volume. Scratched out name on title page of one issue. Overall a very good copy of this legendary rarity.<br> <br> "The next publication of importance was The Conjuror's Magazine issued monthly by W. Locke and which was the first periodical to contain sections describing tricks abstracted from and credited to the works of Breslaw Dean and Pinetti. The magazine ran from August 1791 to July 1793 comprising two volumes. Bound volumes of The Conjuror's Magazine can still occasionally be found and are highly prized by collectors" Hall p. 158<br> <br> Stott 179. Hall 70.<br> <br> HBS 69260.<br> <br> $3000. Printed for W. Locke unknown
1737380701737 5 tomes en 4 volumes in-folio (391 x 250 mm), plein veau blond marbré de lépoque, dos à 6 nerfs guillochés or, ornés de caissons richement fleuronnés et cloisonnés, armes dorées au centre des plats, pièces de titre et de tomaison de veau havane et blond, coiffes et coupes filetées or, tranches rouges. A La Haye, par la Compagnie des Libraires [i.e. en France], 1737.