Geomancy.- Cattan (Christophe) The Geomancie... With the Wheel of Pythagoras, translated by Francis Sparry, second edition, mostly black letter, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, decorations, diagrams, illustrations and tables, folding table (laid down with small portion supplied by hand), title a little soiled, a few ff. closely trimmed at head, some creasing to and occasional loss of corners, C4 lower margin torn away, final f. a little frayed, occasional light staining or soiling, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, 18th century speckled calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, [STC 4865], by E. A[llde], for Edward White, and are to be solde at his shop neere the little North doore of Saint Paules Church, at the signe of the Gun, 1608. ⁂ One of the most important 16th century works on geomancy and astrology, The Geomancie was immensely popular and ran through a number of editions. Provenance: Charles Strachey (ink inscription dated 1895).
Geomancy.- Cattan (Christophe) The Geomancie... With the Wheel of Pythagoras, translated by Francis Sparry, second edition, mostly black letter, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, decorations, diagrams, illustrations and tables, folding table (laid down with small portion supplied by hand), title a little soiled, a few ff. closely trimmed at head, some creasing to and occasional loss of corners, C4 lower margin torn away, final f. a little frayed, occasional light staining or soiling, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, 18th century speckled calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, [STC 4865], by E. A[llde], for Edward White, and are to be solde at his shop neere the little North doore of Saint Paules Church, at the signe of the Gun, 1608. ⁂ One of the most important 16th century works on geomancy and astrology, The Geomancie was immensely popular and ran through a number of editions. Provenance: Charles Strachey (ink inscription dated 1895).
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