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LOT 536
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[Astrology. Occultism] Het natuurkundig astrologisch en voorzeggend planeet-boek

Onderwyzende, hoe men (...) uit de tyd der geboorte, het uur van den dag, de invloed van de vaste sterren en planeeten; van de hoofd-geäartheid, en byzondere neigingen der menschen, als mede van de gelukken en ongelukken die hem staan te ontmoeten, kan oordeelen, en wat hen te doen staat om die onheilen te ontgaan en om zeer gelukkig te leeven. Nevens het wysgeerige orakel (...). (Amsterdam, B. Mourik, (1775)). xxiv,360 p. Engraved frontispiece, small astrological title vignette and 3 engraved plates of the solar system and the 8 planets by C. Philips Jr. Modern half vellum with marbled boards, small 8vo. Very good, untrimmed copy; publisher's address cut out (restored on verso of title); new endpapers.

De Vries, Pop. proza 536; not in Waller, Muller etc. Very rare popular astrological manual, with basic knowledge of astronomy as well as methods for making a horoscope and predictions for the future. Also included is the oracle game (wheel of fortune), very popular in the 18th century. The book contains lists of dates, planets and stars and numbered questions and answers, from 1679 to 1800.

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