London: Various, 1772. Rubricated text throughout. Illustrated with many charts and some woodcut diagrams. Thick 12mo, contemporary red calf, gilt, leather label, a.e.g. London: various publishers, , for The Company of Stationers, 1772. First editions. An interesting collection in a very good(+) attractive period binding Titles include: Remarkable News from the Stars; The Gentleman's Diary & Mathematical Repository; The Ladies' Diary; Vox Stellarum; Merlinus Liberatus; Parker's Ephemeris; The Coelestial Diary; Poor Robin; The English Apollo; Speculum Anni; Olympia Domata; The..... More

Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1964. Three volumes. lxvii + 531, 533, 767 pages. Thick 8vos, blue cloth; minor bumping at head of spines. Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1964. A near fine copy. Reprint of the Paris, 1912 edition, which was limited to 300 copies. More

Baltimore: Eureka, 1902. Edited by J. Lawson Hall. 43pp. printed on the rectos only. 16,mo, printed wrappers; stapled. Baltimore: Eureka, 1902. First Edition. "A Work on the Mathematics of Astrology in which the Higher Branches of the Art are brought within the comprehension of every earnest student." Interestingly, Chaney was Jack London's father. There is a stain on the front cover and a triangular chip on the back cover, but internally fine. More

Barcelona: Maria Angela Marti Viuda, 1768. More than a dozen woodcuts. vi + 312 pages. 16mo, full contemporary limp vellum with inked title on spine; loss of some vellum at foot of spine, half of front hinge split, text toned. Barcelona: En la Imprenta de Maria Angela Marti Viuda, en la Plaza de San Jayme, (undated, but likely 1768). More

Paris: Imprimerie De Grange, 1764. 7 woodcut tables and charts. 24 pages. Slim 12mo, old paper wrappers made from sheet music; cropped, damstain to upper margin. Paris: De l'Imprimerie De Grange, 1764. A very good(-) copy of this very scarce title. Leguay de La Fontaine. More

New York: William Morrow and Co., 1988. With some b/w illustrations. 495pp. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (edgeworn and with small damp stain visible inside spine of wrapper, not affecting book). New York: William Morrow and Company, (1988). A fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More

Los Angeles: Gordon Publications, 1936. 212 pages. 8vo, brown leatherette with gilt-stamped hourglass design on cover. [Los Angeles]: Gordon Publications, 1936. Fifth edition. Some light scattered foxing, still a very good copy of this scarce title - number 19 of an undisclosed print run, signed by the author. More

Los Angeles: Gordon Publications, 1936. 176 pages, followed by figures, charts and general table of contents. 8vo, brown leatherette with gilt-stamped hourglass design on cover. [Los Angeles]: Gordon Publications, 1936. First edition. Some light scattered marginalia, still a very good copy of this scarce title - number 31 of an undisclosed print run, signed and inscribed by the author. More

Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2009. Illustrated in color. 137 pages in French. 4to, navy blue boards in pictorial d.w. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2009. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More

Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1730. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19" x 22.75". Page size 19.75" x 23.5". Beautiful allegorical celestial map featuring Virgo (the Maiden) and Leo (the Lion) and others. The positions of the stars on the maps are from circa 1730. Fourth chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky. This map was in Atlas Coelestis a collaboration between Homann and Doppelmayr. Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750) was an astronomer, cartographer, and..... More

Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1730. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19" x 22.75". Page size 19.75" x 23.5". Beautiful allegorical celestial map featuring constellation as classical mythology and the zodiac as derived from Hevelius. The positions of the stars on the maps are from circa 1730. Fifth chart in a series of six depicting part of the night sky. This map was in Atlas Coelestis a collaboration between Homann and Doppelmayr. Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750) was an astronomer..... More

Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1972. Illustrated. 254 pages with text in French. Narrow 8vo, ornately gilt-stamped decorative purple cloth, d.w. Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1972. First edition thus. Pages are a bit toned as usual, still a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. From the series Bibliotheca Hermetica: Alchimie - Astrologie - Magie. Collection dirigee par Rene Alleau. More

Paris: Sevestre & Gilles, 1610. 2 volumes with continuous pagination. Lacks main title page (supplied in contemporary manuscript facsimile) and frontispiece portrait. [40] , 244; [2], 345 [i.e. 245] - 499, [35 index] pages. Full engraved title page for part 2 with a wood engraving on page 259. Paris, Charles Sevestre et David Gilles, Jean Petit-Pas, 1610. BOUND WITH: Magia astrologica. Hoc est. Clavis Sympathiae septem Metallorum & septem Selectorum lapidum ad Planetas. Opus tam Astrologiis, quam Chymicis perutile &..... More