The True Prophecies or Prognostications

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Lot 33 | The True Prophecies or Prognostications
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The True Prophecies or Prognostications

Nostradamus, 1672

NOSTRADAMUS, Michael (1503-1566). The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Physician to Henry II. Francis II. Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated by Theophilus de Garencieres. London: Thomas Ratcliffe Nathaniel Thompson, 1672



First edition in English, a bilingual translation in a contemporary binding. Theophilus de Garencières, a French apothecary and occultist living in England, provided the first English translation of the famous prophecies of Nostradramus, along with explanations for each (with a few exceptions for those entries either too obvious to require it or too obscure to interpret). Wing N-1399.



Folio (298 x 191mm). Title printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece (small marginal repair to final leaf, a few small chips and stains). Contemporary calf, edges marbled (rebacked preserving portion of original spine panel).

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