Lilly, William

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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Description

Annus tenebrosus, or The Dark Year· Or Astrologicall Judgements upon Two Lunar Eclipses, and One Admirable Eclips of the Sun, All Visible in England, 1652. Together with a Short Method How to Judge the Effects of Eclipses. London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, and H. Blanden, 1652
paper, ink, leather

4to (7 x 5 1/2 in.; 178 x 140 mm). Woodcut illustration of a lunar eclipse on title-page (repeated on D3r), 6 other woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, woodcut headpieces and initials, a few printer's ornaments; title-page and leaf *2 slightly browned and stained, minor marginal foxing in quires *–A, I1 running heads shaved. Nineteenth-century half black roan over grey boards; worn.

Literature

Wing L2209; ESTC R202712

Catalogue Note

First edition.