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1730réf. 10266Madrid: Diego López de Haro 1730. First Seville edition. Quarto 20x14cm 4 18 2pp. Illustrated title showing the Columns of Fire. Modern Bradel-style binding of speckled paper-covered boards gilt-lettered spine label. Light wear and soiling to leaves; repaired wormtrack within the gutter margins. Very good. A wonderfully strange mixture of eyewitness astronomy judicial astrology folk medicine and personal melancholy by the Spanish writer physician mathematician and astrologer Diego de Torres Villarroel. On November 2 1730 a luminous globe accompanied by three columns of fire appeared over Spain and remained visible for four hours-an event now understood to have been an unusually southerly appearance of the aurora borealis. Torres relates the occurrence through an exchange of letters with his friend Don Juan Ventura who feared both its astrological significance and the bodily illnesses supposedly caused by its vapors. Torres then suffering from a severe bout of melancholy himself initially refuses either to prognosticate or prescribe a cure. At Ventura's insistence however he delivers both. Although he considers the apparition a natural rather than divine event he predicts that it will bring four years of misfortune-one for every hour it remained visible-and recommends an elaborate preventative regimen: moderate daily exercise raw garlic barley water goat's milk fresh meat and vegetables abstention from wine and the fumigation of the home with fragrant candles. An exceptionally appealing record of an early modern attempt to understand a terrifying celestial spectacle through a combination of observation astrology and domestic medicine. The final two pages advertise other books issued by López de Haro many of them by Torres himself. Jorge Luis Borges was an early admirer of Torres and devoted one of the opening essays in his first prose collection Inquisiciones 1925 to him. The dramatic title-page woodcut depicts the fiery globe and its three blazing columns above the horizon. . Diego López de Haro unknown
1970réf. 067001Cowles Book Company 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. 264pp. Cowles Book Company Hardcover
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1945réf. 019212Los Angeles CA: Wynn Publishing Company 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 318pp; Gray cloth boards with titling to front & spine boards square clean & bright text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Scarce vintage text on astrology by Sidney Kimball Bennett 1892-1958 a prominent 20th century astrologer who used the pen name "Wynn" and founded Wynn's Astrology Magazine in 1931 and wrote a regular astrology column for the New York Daily News. Illustrated. Wynn Publishing Company hardcover
1786réf. 019210London 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. M. Sibley hardcover
1937réf. 019226London UK: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 278pp; No DJ purple cloth boards with faded silver titling to spine wear to spine ends boards faded bookplate to front pastedown previous owner's name to FFEP news clipping pasted to title page red pencil notes to title page frontispiece author photo mark to contents page underlining & marginalia to several text pages binding is sound Good condition. Scarce vintage autobiography of German-born author Louis De Wohl 1903-1961 who emigrated to England in 1935 over objections to the Nazi regime. He was later the astrologer to MI5 in England during World War Two. This volume details his early life up until the time he left Germany with an account of the occult and conspiracy subcultures at that time and an account of how astrology transformed his life. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1930réf. 019234New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1930. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 296pp; No DJ brown cloth boards with black titling to front & spine minor staining to boards slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards previous owner's name to front pastedown text unmarked binding is sound VG- condition. Association copy: a previous owner was Edward L. Margetts 1920-2004 psychiatrist and historian of medicine who did extensive research on native healing traditions for mental illness in East Africa attending spirit possession ceremonies and describing the practice of trepanation. Scarce vintage volume on the mystery and romance of astrology through the ages. Illustrated. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
1940réf. 019224London UK: Andrew Dakers Limited 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 270pp; No DJ orange cloth boards with titling to spine boards square & clean with slightly bent corners endpapers age-toned text unmarked binding is sound VG- condition. Scarce vintage treatise on astrology by noted German-born author Louis De Wohl 1903-1961 who served as astrologer for MI5 in England during World War Two. He'd emigrated to England in 1935 over objections to the Nazi regime. This volume serves as a guide to astrology and casting a horoscope and includes a chapter on Adolf Hitler as well as two cases Astrologer's Casebook--I and Astrologer's Casebook--II. Illustrated with diagrams. Andrew Dakers Limited hardcover
1971réf. 019248New York: Popular Library 1971. Paperback. Very Good-. 318pp; Covers clean & bright with minor creasing to back cover pages slightly age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Relevant leaflet laid in. Scarce vintage guide to astrology. Popular Library paperback
1941réf. 019251Philadelphia PA: David McKay 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 195pp; No DJ brown cloth boards with titling to front & spine damp staining to boards at bottom edges mild damp staining to bottoms of pages text unmarked binding is sound Good condition. Scarce vintage guide to horoscope interpretation. Illustrated with diagrams. David McKay hardcover
1909réf. 019253London UK: L. N. Fowler & Co. 1909. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 7" x 9-1/2" Cloth; 296pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine a few small stains to front boards previous owner's name to front pastedown slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards foxing to a few pages text unmarked binding is sound VG- condition. Scarce antique astrology treatise on synthesizing the horoscope. Illustrated with diagrams and eight plates. L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
1906réf. 019256London UK: L. N. Fowler & Co. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7" x 9-1/2" Cloth; First Edition; 316pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine slight wear to corners of boards boards square clean & bright previous owner's name to front pastedown endpapers age-toned text unmarked binding is sound VG condition. Antique astrology text. "A Sequel to How to Judge a Nativity Wherein The Progression of the Horoscope is exhaustively considered both in principle and in practice including also a Full Delineation of Each and Every Possible Progressed Aspect with its Influence on Character and Destiny the Effect of Transits etc. to which is added 'The Art and Practice of Directing' a Complete Treatise on Primary Directions by Heinrich Daath. L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
1910réf. 019264London UK: L. N. Fowler & Co. 1910. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good. 7" x 9-1/2" Cloth; 347pp; Dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine boards slightly edgeworn & bumped previous owner's name to front pastedown pages slightly bumped at bottom edge text unmarked binding is sound Good condition. Scarce antique guide to astrology. First volume of series. Illustrated with tables. L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
1912réf. 019266London UK: L. N. Fowler & Co. 1912. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7" x 9-1/2" Cloth; 336pp; Dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards previous owner's name to front pastedown text unmarked binding is sound VG condition. Scarce antique astrology treatise on how to judge a nativity. L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
1910réf. 019267London UK: L. N. Fowler & Co. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7" x 9-1/2" Cloth; 317pp; Dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards previous owner's name to front pastedown text unmarked binding is sound VG condition. Scarce antique astrological treatise on the readings of every position in a nativity. Includes reference chart. L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
1912réf. 019265London UK: L. N. Fowler & Co. 1912. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. 7" x 9-1/2" Cloth; 356pp; Dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards board cloth is buckled previous owner's name to front pastedown text unmarked binding is sound Good condition. Scarce antique guide to casting the horoscope in astrology. Includes ephemeris. L. N. Fowler & Co. hardcover
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1524réf. 5256Augsburg: Simprecht Ruff 1524. FIRST GERMAN-LANGUAGE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in modern boards. A fine copy. First German edition of a book written to quell the growing hysteria around the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the sign of Pisces in February 1524 which was rumored to herald a catastrophic flood. Written by Paul of Middelburg renowned astrologer professor of astronomy at the University of Padua and personal physician to the Duke of Urbino the book "A most useful book to read at the present time concerning the Deluge or the Great Flood: That is that one will not be caused by the heavens as some astrologers have clumsily written and that no one should worry about it… Translated into German to bring consolation to the fearful." first appeared in Latin as "Prognosticon ostendens anno 1524 nullum diluvium futurum"1523. "The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of February 1524 proved a stimulus to industry—about sixty Renaissance authors penned more than 160 pamphlets… Even a remove of nearly five-hundred years has done little to dampen scholarly interest in this signal episode of the intellectual history of the 1500s." "In a world view shaped by a natural philosophy much imbued with and indebted to astrology the theory of great conjunctions which was originally formulated by the Arab scholars Messehala Masha'allah and al-Kindi and more fully articulated thereafter by Albumasar Abu Ma'shar in his 'De magnis coniunctionibus' played a particularly important role… "The most important of these conjunctions involved the more slowly revolving planets—Jupiter and Saturn… Little wonder then that the attention of astrologers was drawn to the powerful planetary alignment even many years before it would supposedly take place in the watery house of Pisces in February 1524. But this time not only would Mars Jupiter and Saturn unite in celestial embrace they were also to be joined in a far more massive display by the Sun Mercury and Venus viz. six of the then seven known planets… "On 20 March 1523 a libel bearing the imperial seal was published in Vienna by the court astrologer Georg Tannstetter who noted that '…this rumour about the impending flood has already taken root everywhere in every sense creeping into everyone's mind: it has provoked the wise and the learned to heated debate and in some it has caused such consternation that they can no longer manage their affairs properly: they sell their lands fields and other properties or refuse to purchase those for sale because they believe it will be easier to convey money up to the mountains than castles and farms. Others still postpone weddings rescind contracts refuse holy orders listlessly tend to their crops while exclaiming if I understand rightly: what good are riches if in a few years no one will be able to enjoy them' "The Spanish astrologer and theologian Pedro Ciruelo a man of vast erudition who was widely acclaimed in his own time wrote an analysis in Spanish of the 1524 conjunction that was later translated into Latin Italian and German. He even advises his readers at a certain point about precautionary measures they might take: 'those of means should store provisions of flour oil wine firewood salted beef dried fish … so that if any watery event were to occur in the months hither everyone shall have their store and can go with it to a safer place.' For the poor who cannot afford such provisions Ciruelo recommends that their needs be seen to at public expense. He also suggests that peasants refrain from sowing lowland fields and that shepherds and cowherds drive their animals to highland pastures where forage is abundant… "A pre-eminent figure in the reform of the calendar taken up at the Lateran Council of 1512-1517 Paul of Middelburg who had long refrained from publishing any predictions was finally persuaded to a change of heart by the tightening grip of anxiety and fear throughout Italy and published in 1523 his 'Prognosticon' which was addressed to Pope Clement VII and refuted any possibility of either a universal deluge or a more local flash-flood."Barillà Drawing Nigh to February 1524: The Spate of Fear p. 2 ff. Simprecht Ruff hardcover
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