Raphael (Robert Cross Smith) A Manual of Astrology 1837
£575.00
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| hb | Raphael [= Smith, Robert Cross] | A Manual of Astrology, or the Book of the Stars, being the Art of Foretelling Future Events By the influences of the Heavenly Bodies | [3rd] | Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son, 73, Cheapside, London | 1937 | £575 | After the C. S. Arnold first edition of 1828, whose imprint is retained unaltered to the initial decorative title page in this edition; and the first Tegg printing of 1834 | Attractively and tastefully rebound in custom half leather with five raised bands lined with gilt rule to spine, and gilt titling upon one panel formed between bands. With marbled paper-covered boards. Binding in fine condition. Marbled endpapers matching the design of the boards. Old plain-pencilled bookseller notes to ffep. Complete with all plate alled for: coloured frontis. ‘An Hieroglyphic of the Signs f the Heavens’, title page vignette, and Nativity of the King of England (uncoloured, as issued), which is bound in before p. 17. Internally a fairly clean copy for its age. There are 19th-century manuscript annotations in brown ink to a very small number of pages. The first of these appears to be the name of an early owner: ‘E. Dunn, Surgeon, Dudley, 1953’, to upper outer margin of the page of dedication to Sir Walter Scott; I found others only at pp. 106, 113, 157, 179, 204, 205, 206, 210, 211, 227. No modern permanent markings were found with the possible exception of a dark-inked marginal line drawing attention to part of a paragraph on p. 98. There are a few plain-pencilled annotations, such as three lines of plain-pencilled additions to the table of contents on p. xiv and assorted plain-pencilled marginal crosses to draw attention to paragraphs. Title page slightly thumbed. Minor ink smudge to lower margin of p. 195. Occasional corrected dog-ears, and very occasional tiny chips lost from margins, far from text. Small, neat repair in opaque paper-covered tape to upper margin of p. 256. Externally fine; internally good+; overall, this is a vgc+ copy. |
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| Weight | 0.440 kg |
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