Zadkiel The Seer: THE HOROSCOPE A Weekly Miscellany of Astrology Nos1-19 May3-Sept 6th 1834

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Zadkiel The Seer : THE HOROSCOPE A Weekly Miscellany of Astrology Nos1-19 May3-Sept 6th 1834

Willmer and Smith, Liverpool, 1834

8vo. 19 editions of The Horoscope 1831, 152pp; bound with The Horoscope Monthly Magazine of Science and Literature, January-May 1841 ii, 242pp; bound with 28pp Proceedings of the Meteorological Society During the Session 1838-39.Three Science pub. bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards binding. Joints split but attached. All rare. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. [Zadkiel the Seer was the peudoname of Captain Richard James Morrison of the Royal Navy [1795-1874] who was known by his 'intimates' as a Hebrew Scolar. In 1874 his obituary noted he was 80 and had devoted neary 50 years to 'the peudo-science of astrology'. His most successful publication was known as 'Zadkiel's Almanack' and sold annually with with an imprint of 100,000-200,000 copies, at sixpence each [!!]] In 1863 a court declared him not an imbecile and an imposter in a famous libel case involving Admiral Sir Edward Belcher. Morrison was awarded 20 shillings but no costs. ALL CONTENTS SCARCE.. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: Hardback

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