Ethelbert Bullinger The Witness of the Stars 1893

Bullinger, Rev. Ethelbert W., D.D. ‘The Witness of the Stars’ Published by The Author, 7, St. Paul’s Churchyard, E.C., London, 1893. Six-panel folding colour star-chart laid-in at rear, as issued.

Cloth (separating at top cm of outer spine hinges; fraying to extremities of spine; wear to outer corners of boards). (Slight separation towards extremities of inner paper hinge at pp. 114-5 and central and lowers part of paper hinge immediately after p. 48.) [1 leaf] + [pp. vii-viii] + 28 + [colour plate] + [pp. 29-34] + [colour plate] + [pp. 35-40] + [colour plate] + [pp. 41-2] + [colour plate] + [pp. 43-4] + [colour plate] + [pp. 45-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 49-50] + [colour plate] + [pp. 51-2] + [colour plate] + [pp. 53-4] + [colour plate] + [pp. 55-6] + [colour plate] + [pp. 57-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 59-62] + [colour plate] + [pp. 63-6] + [colour plate] + [pp. 67-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 69-72] + [colour plate] + [pp. 73-6] + [colour plate] + [pp. 77-80] + [colour plate] + [pp. 81-4] + [colour plate] + [pp. 85-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 89-90] + [colour plate] + [pp. 91-2] + [colour plate] + [pp. 93-100] + [colour plate] + [pp. 101-2] + [colour plate] + [pp. 103-4] + [colour plate] + [pp. 105-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 109-112] + [colour plate] + [pp.  113-6] + [colour plate] + [pp. 117-20] + [colour plate] + [pp. 121-6] + [colour plate] + [pp. 127-30] + [colour plate] + [pp.  131-4] + [colour plate] + [pp.  135-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 139-40] + [colour plate] + [pp. 141-2] + [colour plate] + [pp. 143-8] + [colour plate] + [pp. 149-152] + [colour plate] + [pp. 153-4] + [colour plate] + [pp. 155-60] + [colour plate] + [pp. 161-4] + [colour plate] + [pp.  165-6] + [folding colour plate] + [pp. 167-196] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 199-204] + [4 pages of advertisements]

About this Book Scan

Carefully reproduced in full colour from our original printing of the 1893 first edition.

The Reverend Ethelbert W. Bullinger wrote The Witness of the Stars as an illustrated study of the history of the mythology associated with the constellations, showing particular interest in references to them in the Bible. Both zodiacal and non-zodiacal constellations are covered. Although belonging to the realm of cultural astronomy and not specifically astrological, it formed an influential part of the cultural background to the study of astrology in its day, and enjoyed multiple printings.