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The marrow of astrology

In two books. Wherein is contained the natures of the signes and planets, with their several governing angels, according to their respective hierarchys. And the method of directions according to the Ægyptians and Chaldeans, with several other useful examples. Also a table of houses, exactly calculated for the latitude of London, with tables of the mundane aspects, and all that is requisite, for the rectifying and directing nativities; according to the true intent and meaning of Ptolomy: wherein is discovered the errors of most of our modern authors: unto which in this second impression is added an appendix, adapted to the use and illustration thereof, in a nativity exemplyfied according to the doctrine of mundane aspects. The like never done in English. The second edition with additions

by Richard Kirby

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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16 unnumbered pages, 121 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 81 pages, 17 unnumbered pages, 16 pages : 4to (20 cm) Part 1 is by Richard Kirby, whose name apears on the title page of the 1687 edition; part 2 is by John Bishop Register is continuous

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Demonology, angelology, and possession.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the title, “Astrology” in the subject metadata, and “Astrology” in the edition title.

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    • “Astrology”· in edition title
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the subtitle and “Angels” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Angels”· in subtitle
    • “Angels”· in edition subtitle

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In two books. Wherein is contained the natures of the signes and planets, with their several governing angels, according to their respective hierarchys. And the method of directions according to the Ægyptians and Chaldeans, with several other useful examples. Also a table of houses, exactly calculated for the latitude of London, with tables of the mundane aspects, and all that is requisite, for the rectifying and directing nativities; according to the true intent and meaning of Ptolomy: wherein is discovered the errors of most of our modern authors: unto which in this second impression is added an appendix, adapted to the use and illustration thereof, in a nativity exemplyfied according to the doctrine of mundane aspects. The like never done in English. The second edition with additions

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1688-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : printed by J. Streater, near Pauls-Wharf, in Thames-street, and are to be sold by the book-sellers in LondonEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
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