ANIMA ASTROLOGIAE or THE ASTROLOGER'S GUIDE
Book Details + Condition: George Redway (London), 1886. Very scarce First English Edition. Hardcover with red cloth boards; gilt on front and on spine, along with other decorations. 105 pages, followed by 38 pages of advertisements ("Mr. Redway's Publications"). Astrology book by 13th-century Italian astrologer Guido Bonatus (Bonatti), translated from the Latin by Henry Coley (in 1886), with aphorisms by Jerom Cardan of Milan, and notes and preface by WM. C. Eldon Serjeant of the Theosophical Society. The Astrologer's Guide was edited and compiled in 1675 by noted astrologer William Lilly. The information in this classic astrology book is as valuable as it was when compiled in 1676, and includes references to natal, predictive and horary astrology. The work further details the significance of planetary positions and how they might affect life on Earth, the various zodiac houses and constellations, and more. (Me: Condition) A firm and clean copy of a scarce first English edition, with tight binding; rubbed corners and edges; light shelf wear to boards, including some discoloration and scuffs; normal age-toning to pages; paste-ins and stamp to inside front endpapers; text is clean and free of markings.
