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Title

Principles and practice of judicial astrology.

Authors

• Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner
• Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93028960)

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1689
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962935733503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913835841
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3k649v94 https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1795

Place

Gibraltar

Summary

Incomplete work on judicial astrology that includes a preface by Charles Rainsford. The first part contains several chapters that give a general introduction to the topic including types of astrology (p. 4) and the causes of false predictions (p. 20). The second section is devoted to discussion of the signs of the zodiac, but only includes Aries and then ends in the section discussing Taurus.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i).
   

Extent

186 leaves : 307 x 195 (278 x 162) mm bound to 314 x 202 mm

Foliation

Paper, 186 leaves; [iv], 1-71, [72-368]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment. Moderate oxidation of ink has obscured some text.

Layout

Written in 23 long lines.

Decoration

Several diagrams (p. 42, 71) and tables (p. 52, 53, 59) including a diagram with a pen and ink drawing of Aries (p. 61).

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
   
• Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 601, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
   

Subjects topical

• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Astrology
• Occultism--Early works to 1800
• Occultism

Genres

• Codices
• Diagrams
• Drawings (visual works)
• Manuscripts, English
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 18th century
• English
• England
• Diagrams
• Paper
• Astrology

Licenses

• Text

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• Text

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Decorations

• 42 — Diagram, p. 42
• 52 — Table, p. 52
• 53 — Table, p. 53
• 59 — Table, p. 59
• 61 — Drawing, Aries, p. 61