THE TEXT-BOOK OF ASTROLOGY IN FIVE BOOKS: GENETHLIACAL ASTROLOGY, MUNDANE ASTROLOGY, ASTRO-METEOROLOGY, MEDICAL ASTROLOGY, AND ELECTIONS
Book Details + Condition: Mackie & Co., Ld. and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ld. (London). Second Edition, 1911. Scarce. Hardcover. 487 pages and illustrated with frontis portrait, charts and graphs. THE TEXT-BOOK OF ASTROLOGY, by noted English astrologer Alfred John Pearce, was first published as a combined edition in London in 1911. It includes the author's individual books on Genethliacal Astrology, Mundane Astrology, Astro-Meteorology, Medical Astrology, and Elections. This seminal work is filled with numerous examples and its original publication was praised in the the Spiritualist community: "Even for those who desire only to obtain a general knowledge of the subject, or at most be able to cast and read an astrological figure, Mr. Pearce's book may be recommended as easily intelligible, and containing much interesting matter, besides the process that will be chiefly useful to the student whose aims are more ambitious." The book remains a valuable reference work featuring the various branches of astrology, and providing practical examples and rules for casting charts.
A scarce 1911 edition, with firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; normal light aging and shelf wear to boards; slight lean; chafed spine ends; interior is clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
