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A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences by Ebenezer Sibly [1751-1800], M.D. F.R.H.S., Embellished with Curious Copper-Plates, London, 1806.
Part of this text is online courtesy of Joseph H. Peterson, and a search for Ebenezer Sibly, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4 should find it; since he doesn’t allow any further reproduction, I have not linked to it directly.
Title: Astrology
City: London
Date: 1806
Total items: 43
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
The engraving opposite the title page of this erly 19th century (1806) book on Astrology clearly tries to place a Biblical and Christian veneer over the proceedings. It falls perhaps a little wide of the mark by showing people in what appears to be a Greek (pre-Christian) temple, one of whom plots a chart, another, a young man wearing a tunic, carried [...] [more...] [$]
Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version
I scanned the Armillary Sphere again (oops), and this time decided to publish the illustration moer or less as it came off the scanner, as a picture from an old book. [more...] [$]
Title Page, Sibly Astrology Book
Maybe someone can transcribe it and mail the text to liam at holoweb dot net? [$]
Zodiac sign for Leo taken from The Zodiac [$]
A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences by Ebenezer Sibly [1751-1800], M.D. F.R.H.S., Embellished with Curious Copper-Plates, London, 1806.
Part of this text is online courtesy of Joseph H. Peterson, and a search for Ebenezer Sibly, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4 should find it; since he doesn’t allow any further reproduction, I have not linked to it directly.
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