[Rarebooks] Fwd: Fs: Oracle or Book of Fate, 1835 Redux
powersrarebooks at comcast.net
powersrarebooks at comcast.net
Wed Mar 13 20:14:38 EDT 2013
If someone named Terry called about this item this afternoon, could you please call again? My wife did not write down your phone number correctly (but I still love her).
Thanks,
Greg Powers
Powers Rare Books603-624-9707
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: powersrarebooks at comcast.net
To: rarebooks at rarebooksmailinglist.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:11:52 AM
Subject: [Rarebooks] Fs: Oracle or Book of Fate, 1835
I can offer...
Kirchenhoffer, H. The Oracle or Book of Fate, Formerly in the Possession of the Emperor Napoleon, and Now First Rendered Into English, from a German Translation, of an Ancient Egyptian Manuscript, Found in the Year 1801, by M. Sonnini, in One of the Royal Tombs, Near Mount Lybicus, in Upper Egypt. London: Printed for M. Arnold, 1835. 8vo, original cloth-backed blue printed boards. xxxi, [ii], [63], 11 pp. [In the 63-page section, each facing page is numbered the same.] The boards a little rubbed and stained, with a small gouge on the rear cover; the cloth spine with some slight erosion; the joints are split; internally a very good copy overall in a fragile binding.
The text includes a history of the manuscript and an account of the various ancient oracles. The text of the Book of Fate is introduced by “The Writing of Balaspis, by Command of Hermes Trismegistus, Unto the Priests of the High Temple.” The Book of Fate itself is comprised of pages of answers, keyed to the folding table at the front. The last section is the Zodialogy, which discusses the “Science of Foretelling Events and Characters by the Signs of the Zodiac and the Planetary Systems.”
First published in 1822, and reissued, as here, with the addition of the Zodialogy. The work in various printings is well-represented in institutions, but it appears to be rather uncommon on the market.
$350 plus shipping
http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/OracleBdg.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/OracleTable.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/OracleTableDetail.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/OracleTxt.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~powersrarebooks/OracleZodiacal.jpg
Powers Rare Books
Greg Powers, proprietor
344 Orange Street
Manchester NH 03104
603-624-9707
powersrarebooks at comcast.net
_______________________________________________
Rarebooks mailing list
Rarebooks at rarebooksmailinglist.com
http://rarebooksmailinglist.com/mailman/listinfo/rarebooks_rarebooksmailinglist.com
More information about the Rarebooks
mailing list