William Lilly & Zadkiel – An Introduction to Astrology with A Grammar of Astrology, 1896

£125.00

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Lilly, William & Zadkiel

An Introduction to Astrology by William Lilly, with numerous Emendations, Adapted to the Improved State of the Science; also a Grammar of Astrology and Tables for Calculating Nativities by Zadkiel

Mid-era impression

G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London

1896

£125

A mid-era high-quality hardback printing of this compendium edition, which had first been published thus by H. G. Bohn in 1852, with later printings issued by George Bell & Sons. [2] + [pp. iii-xiv] + 292 + [2 folding plates] + [pp. 295-346] + [1 leaf] + [4] + [pp. 353-492] + [1 leaf] + [pp. iii-viii] + [pp. 9-64 of tables] + [2] + [pp. 3-10 of advertisements] + [2 pages of advertisements]. Complete thus

Original full red cloth in good condition for age, with fraying of cloth at foot of spine and along small parts of both spine hinges; two short closed tears to top of spine, which is otherwise only moderately rubbed; scattered staining to boards; and wear to cloth over outer corners of boards. The originally gilt-stamped titling to the spine is very faded but still legible in outline. The Bohn’s Library blind stamp to the front board is no longer sharp but still visible. Binding mostly strong, but signs of strain at a few junctions between signatures at pp. 64-5, 80-1, 160-1, 176-7, 288-9, and 306-7 – these should be monitored and may eventually benefit from reinforcement with hinge tape. Front paste-down with old plain-pencilled price marking. Ffep with charming vintage finely handwritten presentation notice dated 1897 in blue ink, and a few notes, one in blue ink, the others plain-pencilled. Rear endpapers with more extensive plain-pencilled index to selected contents of volume. Small traces of black ink staining towards or on lower margins of pp. x and xii-xiii, and partly effacing one word, ‘calculated’, on p. 412. Very occasional foxing. Plain-pencilled marginal brackets spotted to pp. 371, 455, 458, 475, but no permanent deliberate previous owner markings found to any printed page. Occasional page-edges unevenly cut; small chip lost from upper outer corner of leaf comprising pp. 443-4 (far from text); two small chips lost from top edge of leaf comprising pp. 41-2 of tables in final internal work, and another from outer edge of leaf comprising pp. 61-2 of same (also far from text). Both folding plates are in excellent condition. Overall, still a good copy of this sought-after antique 19th-century edition. Condition factored into price.