Astrology | Manuscript notebook on astrological subjects, including examples of horoscopes, c.1630s

Astrology

Manuscript compendium of notes

on the movements of the planets, the casting of horoscopes, descriptions of the twelve celestial houses, calculations of the position of the moon, the golden number and the Roman indiction, the influence of the planets on particular parts of the human body, with worked examples and tables of planetary movements, with headings and symbols in red and green ink, detailed index towards the end, in multiple hands, in Latin but with occasional passages in English, c.300 pages, small 4to, various paper stocks, c.1630s, in modern blindtooled calf, some internal wear and soiling, green ink faded, damp staining

PROVENANCE

Lord Monson, armorial bookplate of the Burton Library; Sotheby's, London, 24 July 1995, lot 516