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Date
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London, England
Great Britain
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Reference IDs
ESTC number: R222290
Wing number: W1538A
Folger call number: Film Acc. 627
Folger holdings ID: 205956
Notes
Bibliographic format
octavo
General notes
Title page is in red and black Partly in verse With an engraved portrait of Wharton on pi1v Printer's name from Wing CD With a plate between pp. 514 and [515], and a final errata leaf "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" (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, respectivly; pagination and register are continuous. "Cheiromantia" is by Johann Rothmann; the other works are by Wharton A variant of the edition lacking the name of Awnsham Churchill in imprint (Wing W1538)
Also known as
Extended title: 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
Alternate titles: Astrological judgment upon His Majesties present march, 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, Bellum Hybernicale: or, Ireland's war astrologically demonstrated, Merlini anglici errata: or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Mr. Lilly's new ephemeris
Subjects
Related names
subject: Rothmann, Johann
associated with: Gadbury, John, 1627-1704