[Rarebooks] FS: 1st English ed. of Gaffarel's astrological researches. London: 1650

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(ASTROLOGY) Gaffarel, Jacques. UNHEARD-OF CURIOSITIES: CONCERNING THE 
TALISMANICAL SCULPTURE OF THE PERSIANS; THE HOROSCOPE OF THE PATRIARCHS; AND THE 
READING OF THE STARS. Written in French… and Englished by Edmund Chilmead. London: 
Printed by G.D. for Humphrey Moseley. 1650. Sm. 8vo. (40),434pp. Illustrated 
with 2 large woodcut folding charts (often missing), plus several text woodcut 
diagrams and tables. Early 20th cent. blind ruled calf, gilt, a bit scuffed, 
front hinge split but holding. Some splits at creases of the folding charts 
(no losses). Some minor worming at bottom blank margin. Round ownership blind 
stamp on final leaf and a blank preliminary. Overall, a quite decent copy.     
$850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Wing G105.

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