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17946894London: Printed for G. Sael 1794. Third edition with additions. Small 8vo 6.5x4.5" v 1 79 1pp. Stitched and bound in later paper wrappers with manuscript title on front wrap and spine which is mostly perished the wraps being loose and chipped. Some dust soiling to title page few marginal marks in pencil otherwise clean and complete. <br /> <br /> The Miraculous Prophecies Predictions and Strange Visions of Sundry Eminent Men &c. from the first dawn of literature touching revolutions that have happened and revolutions to come in which is given a most striking and faithful picture of the times with what is to follow together with an account of Babylon's fall or the destruction of popery and in that glorious event a general reformation over all the World.<br /> <br /> An interesting and scarce collection of prophecies many astrological and including those of Michael Nostradamus from 1555 extracted from the authors' original writings. This sensationalist compilation was published in the throws of the French Revolution many of the writings specifically dealing with that conflict. Also includes works from Christopher Love 1651 John Lacy 1707 Peter Jurieu 1687 Robert Nixon 1702 Baron Swedenbourg 1753 Robert Fleming 1701 Anne Trapnel 1653 John Tillinghast 1654 Complete Magazine 1764 Lord Chesterfield 1753 William Lilly 1645 Bishop Newton 1760 J. Daut 1711 Dr. Gill 1752 Alstedius 1683 Dr. Ebenezer Sibly 1784 and others. <br /> <br /> <br /> The second edition of this work also published in 1794 is held by several libraries according to OCLC. However we find no mention of this expanded third edition of 79 pages vs. 64 in the second. . Printed for G. Sael unknown
9614Slough: Foulsham Book. Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4.75 x 7.25; 46 pages average per volume; soft card covers; all in good condition with the exception of 1905 and 1962; copies for the years 1918 and 1920 missing; price is for 86 volumes; price includes postage within the UK. Foulsham Paperback
1902036960Baltimore: Eureka Publishing Co. 1902. Book. Fair. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leather corners chipped with spine leather missing contents firmly bound 43 single-side pages. Faint staint to page V of Introduction and to pastedowns otherwise contents VG. Written by Jack London's biological father. Eureka Publishing Co. Hardcover
1979015536San Antonio TX: The Bear Publishers 1979. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. Minor rubbing to corners lacks dust jacket contents clean and tight. 278pp. The Bear Publishers Hardcover
1999058216Thoth Publications 1999. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 1st Edition. 228pp. Tight copy. Scarce. Thoth Publications Paperback
1979022341San Antonio: Bear Publishers 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Corners bumped/rubbed small tears and price-clipped corner in dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. 278pp. The effects of astrological aspects and cycles on the stock market. Bear Publishers Hardcover
1630012312In Verlegung Lazari Zetzners S. Erben Strassburg 1630. Edition Unknown. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Small Octavo. Text is in German. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. Rebound gilt-stamped vellum and light blue paper over boards 30 282 pages illustrated with woodcuts. Covers and text block soiled corners and spine ends bumped and lightly worn pages toned staining scattered throughout still highly readable paper loss and tear on page 83 some minor wormholes in blank margins towards end of book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 9 oz. Category: Astrology; German Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 012312. . In Verlegung Lazari Zetzners S. Erben hardcover
1980058073ASI Publishers 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. No dust jacket. Blue gilt-stamped cloth. 198pp. ASI Publishers Hardcover
19138197London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1913. First edition. 2 vols 8vos in English and the original Syriac. clxxviii 614 Syriac text paginated right to left and xxv 804pp. Title pages in 2 colors. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine titles in plain printed jackets. Near fine books in very good jackets with some wear and light staining. <br /> <br /> First edition of Budge's important translation of the great Syriac "Book of Medicines" edited from a manuscript that was in his possession and an English translation of the same. The work is uncredited but was translated from Greek into Syriac by a physician who was likely a Nestorian and perhaps attached to one of the great medical schools at Edessa Amid or Nisibis. The first section is a series of lectures which give detailed descriptions of human anatomy prescriptions for and descriptions of various diseases and is fundamentally similar to Hippocrates who is quoted in several places in the text. <br /> <br /> The second section is astrological and includes omens spells divinations and planetary forecasts. The final section contains 400 prescriptions that illustrate folklore of Mesopotamia including legends about birds animals magical roots etc. similar to a medieval Bestiary. <br /> <br /> <br /> A very nice set and quite scarce in the jackets. . Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press unknown
16166130London: Ex Officina Societatis Stationariorum printed by John Legat 1616. Small 8vo 4 294 66pp. Index. Woodcut device on title and initials. 18th century ruled calf spine lettered in gilt marbled page edges. Armorial bookplate of Adam Urquhart Esq. to front pastedown else clean internally and with minimal foxing. <br /> <br /> One of roughly half a dozen early English printings in the original Latin of the humanist poem by Neopolitan poet Marcello Stellato ca. 1500-1550. The work is divided into 12 books each for a sign of the Zodiac. <br /> <br /> Originally published in 1536 in Venice the poem was first translated into English by Barnaby Googe six books published in 1561 and then the complete Zodiake of Life in 1565. It was widely read and distributed in London and also taught in early English grammar school. Shakespeare almost certainly studied the work and it is thought to be the inspiration for his "All the world's a stage" monologue from As you Like It. <br /> <br /> Editions printed in London of this famous poem are markedly less common in the trade than other continental printings.<br /> <br /> Gardner 893. STC 19146. Ex Officina Societatis Stationariorum [printed by John Legat] unknown
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
160857593Argentorati Strassburg Conradus Scher 1608 - Strassburg Raab 1612. - Strassburg Raab 1612 Small 8vo. 3 works bound in one contemp. full vellum. Covers blindtooled in panels with floral cornerpieces. Old handwritten title on spine. Light wear. An: 1. 244497 pp. First edition. Thesaurus II338 - 2. 208 pp. - 3. 2426116 of 24 pp. Lacking the last leaves in the Index. 7 leaves with lower corners torn of which 2 have some loss of letters. Light browning an yellowing to leaves. <br/><br/><em>"Bartholin’s fame is due not to his originality but to his learning and reputation as a teacher; as a strict Aristotelian he clarified the essential points in the doctrines of his time eliminating obsolete and superfluous theories. As a theologian his personal life was marked by piety and Lutheran orthodoxy. His anatomical manual Institutiones well arranged and handy but without illustrations was reprinted five times. It became still more famous when his son Thomas brought out an enlarged and illustrated edition."DSB. </em> hardcover
1639LL 69<p><strong>Copia de vna carta trayda de Costantinopla a Roma en la qual se cuentan grandes prodigiosos sic y espantables señales que aparecieron en la dicha ciudad de Costantinopla …. Contiene horribles visiones y apariciones de saetas vientos tempestades … con la interpretacion … hecha por algunos adiuinos estrologos sic de su Imperio ….</strong></p><p>In 4° A4. Upper margin trimmed not affecting text.</p><p>First edition of this rare print about supernatural phenomena in Constantinople; this theme was treated later in several prints of the same tenor at the end of the 17th century.</p><p># WorldCat: no copies in US Libraries one copy elsewhere Bib Nacional Madrid. LL 69</p> Impressa en Micina, en Napoles, en Roma y aora en Barcelona: en casa de Gabriel Nogues
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
1615ST20812Rome: Bartolomeo Zannetti 1615. Second Edition. 222 x 160 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 1/2". 12 p.l. 304 pp. 12 leaves. <br/> Very pleasing 17th century calf covers with a floral roll border surrounding a semis of fleurs-de-lys raised bands spine gilt in compartments with a double rule enclosing five fleurs-de-lys lettered in gilt marbled paper pastedowns all edges gilt old expert repairs at the top of joints. Attractive woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout historiated initials and two woodcut astrological charts in the text. Front pastedown with morocco book label of Stanislas de Guaita; rear flyleaf with his inked inscription: "Collationné. Complet - à Nancy. ce 27 Xbre 1895. - Guaita." Stanislas de Guaita et sa bibliothèque occulte 15 this copy; Caillet I 291; Graesse I 127; USTC 4022052. See also Thorndike VI pp. 202-04. A bit of rubbing at corners other light wear to the binding inconsequential foxing here and there isolated quires slightly darkened but an excellent copy--crisp and clean internally in a solid decorative binding still shining with gilt.<br/> <br/> In a lovely early binding this is a notorious 19th century occultist's copy of a scarce 17th century refutation of astrology. Our author Jesuit scholar Alessandro de Angelis 1559-1620 taught logic natural history metaphysics and theology at the Collegio Romano eventually serving as prefect of studies from 1611-17. De Angelis' only known publication the "Astologos" systematically picks apart common astrological beliefs on both metaphysical and theological grounds. First printed in Lyon the work appears here in a second edition issued the same year; both seem to be rare as we were able to trace only six copies at auction since 1966. Making our copy of an already absorbing book even more intriguing is its former owner the French poet and occultist Stanislas de Guaita 1861-97 whose short but colorful life was full of curious incident. He founded a chapter of the Rosicrucians published several works on magic and Kabbalah and had a defrocked priest declare a "magical war" against him which culminated in a decidedly unmagical though fortunately not fatal pistol duel. He is also responsible for the iconic symbol of a goat's head in an inverted pentagram now used to represent Satanism which he had originally used as an illustration for his 1897 work "La Clef de la Magie Noire" "The Key to Black Magic". In addition to these activities Guaita assembled an extensive library of books on various occult and related topics. His collection was sold by the Paris bookseller Dorbon whose 1899 catalog of the library includes 2227 volumes. Ours is #15 priced at the significant sum of 65 francs perhaps $1200 in today's buying power. Bartolomeo Zannetti unknown
