The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, Bar. Collected into one entire volume· By John Gadbury, student in physick and astrology

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  • The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, Bar. Collected into one entire volume· By John Gadbury, student in physick and astrology
  • Astrological judgment upon His Majesties present march; Bellum Hybernicale: or, Ireland's war astrologically demonstrated; Merlini Anglici errata: or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Mr. Lilly's new ephemeris for the year 1647; Gesta Britannorum: or, a succinct chronology of the action and exploits, battails, sieges, conflicts, and other signal and remarkable passages; Cheiromantia: or, The art of divining by the lines and signatures engraven in the hand of man, by the hand of nature
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Imprint
London: printed by H[enry]. H[ills]. for John Leigh, at Stationers Hall, 1683.
Added name
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704, ed.; Rothmann, Johann. Chiromancia. English.
Publication year
1683
ESTC No.
R15152
Grub Street ID
63111
Description
[34], 670, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port., ill. (woodcuts), diagrams, tables ; 8°.
Note
Title page is in red and black

Partly in verse

With an engraved portrait of Wharton on [pi]1v

"An astrological judgment upon His Majesties present march" (p. [209]); "Bellum Hybernicale: or, Ireland's war astrologically demonstrated" (p. [223]); "Merlini Anglici errata: or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Mr. Lilly's new ephemeris for the year 1647" (p. [273]); "Gesta Britannorum: or, A succinct chronology of the action and exploits, battails, sieges, conflicts, and other signal and remarkable passages" (p. [417]); and "Cheiromantia: or, The art of divining by the lines and signatures engraven in the hand of man, by the hand of nature" (p. [515]) each have separate title pages dated 1645, 1647, 1647, 1657, and 1652, respectively; pagination and register are continuous. "Cheiromantia" is by Johann Rothmann

With a final leaf of errata

Leaf a8 is cancelled

Printer's name from Wing CD

A variant of the edition with the name of Awnsham Churchill in imprint (Wing W1538A).