Familiar to All. William Lilly and Astrology in the Seventeenth Century.
London: Jonathon Cape, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, colored top edge, b/w plates, bibliography, & Index. A colorful picture of William Lilly and other sixteenth and seventeenth century astrologers. The author explores the social and historical context, and highlights the dependence of people of all classes on the astrologers' prognostications during this period, when astrology enjoyed its last great stand as a science. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris blind seal on front endpaper. Just a hint of shelf rubbing to boards, light discolouration to endpapers, otherwise a tight and unmarked Near fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly sunned at rear spine edge, not price clipped). Item #62654
ISBN: 022401112X
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