Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CD 12:
John Barrett, Sampson Arnold Mackey,
Sir William Drummond, George Townsend
Contents of CD 12:
This particular CD contains the scans of four original antiquarian volumes from Astrolearn’s private collection, as detailed below. The fourth is in this case a compendium of ten different works by the author, separately detailed here in alphabetical order and not in the order in which they appear in the volume.
- Barrett, the Rev. John, D. D. ‘An Enquiry into the Origin of the Constellations that Compose the Zodiac, and the Uses They Were Intended to Promote’ Printed by and for R. E. Mercier & Co., No. 31, Anglesea Street, Dublin; and Vernor and Hood, London, 1800. Half-leather (rebacked; corners edgeworn) with marbled paper-covered boards (slightly chipped and worn at edges; partly repaired). viii + [pp. 1-131 (1)] + [p. 131 (2)] + [pp. 132-134] + [pp. 136-198] + [1]
- Drummond, Sir W., the Right Honorable ‘The Oedipus Judaicus’ New Edition Revised – Reeves and Turner, 238, Strand, Next to Temple Bar, London, 1866[1]. Edition stated limited to 250 copies. Quarter-leather with paper-covered boards. [1 leaf] + [3] + 2 + xlv + [16 single-sided leaves of plates] + 266
- Townsend, The Rev. G., A. M. of Trinity College, Cambridge ‘The Oedipus Romanus; Or, An Attempt to Prove, From the Principles of Reasoning Adopted by the Rt. Hon. Sir William Drummond, in his Oedipus Judaicus, that the Twelve Caesars are the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. – Addressed to the Higher and Literary Classes of Society’ Printed by A. J. Valpy, Took’s Court, Chancery Lane, London; sold by J. Hatchard, 190, Piccadilly, 1819. Old quarter-cloth[2] (separation and some slight chipping towards tops of spine hinges; moderate wear to feet of spine hinges and parts of surface of same) with paper-covered boards (heavy wear to outer corners). (Leaves comprising pp. 93-6 still mostly joined at outer edges; need separating.) [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-147]
- Mackey, Sampson Arnold ‘A Companion to the Mythological Astronomy, & c. Containing a New Theory of the Earth, and of Planetary Motion; In which is Demonstrated that, The Sun is Vicegerent of His Own System. Illustrated by 5 Plates. Also, An Alphabetical Arrangement of Mythological Etymologies[3]‘ Printed for the Author, Prince’s-Street; by R. Walker, Near the Dukes Palace, Norwich, 1824. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [2 leaves] + [pp. iii-xxi] + [2] + [pp. 26-106] + [1]
- Mackey, S. A. ‘A Lecture on Astronomy, Adjusted to its Dependent Science Geology; in which is shewn the plain and simple cause of the Vast Abundance of Water in the Southern Hemisphere. Given at 91, Dean Street, Soho, Dec. 20, 1832, in consequence of having seen An Essay On the Astronomical and Physical Causes of Geological Changes, By Sir Richard Phillips, Edited by W. D. Saull, Aldersgate Street, May, 1832’ – London, 1832. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [Folding plate] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-12]
- Mackey, Sampson Arnold ‘Man’s Best Friend; or the Evils of Pious Frauds’ – Printed for the Author by R. Walker, near the Duke’s Palace, Norwich, 1826. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped).[1 leaf] + [pp. 3-82]
- Mackey, Sampson Arnold ‘The Mythological Astronomy of the Ancients Demonstrated, by Restoring to their Fables & Symbols their Original Meanings’ Second Edition – Printed by R. Walker, near the Duke’s Palace, Norwich, 1824. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). Opening plates together but detached from the rest of the page block. First leaf of second part detached. [2 plates] + [1 leaf] + ii + [2] + [pp. vii-viii] + [pp. 9-35] + [p. 46 (1)] + [pp. 37-96] + 23 pp
- Mackey, Sampson Arnold ‘A New Theory of the Earth, and of Planetary Motion; In Which is Demonstrated that the Sun is Vicegerent of His Own System. Illustrated by 5 Plates’ Printed for the Author, Prince’s Street, by R. Walker, near the Duke’s Palace, Norwich, 1825. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [5 plates] + 44 + [p. 54 (1)] + [pp. 46-88]
- Mackey, S. A. ‘The Original Design of the Ancient Zodiacal and Extra-Zodiacal Constellations, Arranged on the present Globes; which by their attitudes and positions prove the place of the summer Solstice to have been in the middle of the Goat; and the autumnal equinox in the Ram. To which is added an account of the Battle Between Vicramaditya and Salavahana Which arose from a Combination of the Precession and Nutation of the Earth’s Axis. Also, Further Remarks On the long Zodiac of Tantyra; shewing that the unequal division of the Zodiac is a consequence of the Perihelion point in the autumnal Ram’ – Walker, Printer, Back of the Inns, Norwich, 1834. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [Folding plate] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-14] + [p. 51] + [pp. 16-24]
- Mackey, S. A. ‘Remarks on the Cabinet Cyclopaedia and the Geological Globe, Relative to the Polar Motion’ – No Publisher or Date Stated. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [Plate] + 12pp
- Mackey, S. A. ‘A Reply, Intended to be Made to the Various Disputants, on an Essay on Chronology, which was read at The Philosophical Society of Norwich; Containing Astronomical Proofs that the Sun Stood Still and Hasted Not to Go Down for the Space of a Day, and that the Shadows on the Sun-Dials Went Backwards 10 Degrees’ Printed by R. Walker, near the Duke’s Palace, Norwich. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-36]
- Mackey, A. [sic] ‘Urania’s Key to the Revelation; or the Analyzation of the Writings of the Jews, As Far As They Are Found to Have Any Connexion with the Science of Astronomy’ – Printed and Published by John Brooks, 421 Oxford Street, London, 1833. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). [Folding frontis.] +[1 leaf] + [pp. 3-30] + [1 page of advertisements]
- Mackey, S. A. ‘The Two Zodiacs of Tentyra, and the Zodiac of Thebes; Explained by S. A. Mackey, of Norwich[4]‘ – No Publisher Stated, May 1832. Part of a cloth vol. (covers detached, outer spine heavily chipped). First folding plate slightly torn. 24pp + [2 very large folding plates] + [plate] + [pp. 25-32]
[1] Reset from the exceedingly scarce first edition of 1811
[2] It is not clear whether it is original or not. An original printed title label is adhered to the spine, but whether it was issued thus or the title label was taken from an even earlier binding is unclear
[3] With separate second title page: Mackey, S. A. ‘The Companion to the Mythological Astronomy, &c. Containing Remarks on recent Publications on Mythology, Etymology, and Geology. In which, also, is shown, the Insufficiency of Rotary and Orbicular Motion to Form Atoms Into Globes Without the Assistance of that Unseen Power, which is denominated Attraction. Illustrated by Plates’ – Printed by R. Walker, and Published by the Author Prince’s Street; and in London by his Grand-Daughter, E. Bluring, 32, Granby Place, New Cut, Lambeth, 1824. The author explains the ‘alteration in the new Title Page’ by referring readers to his separate New Theory of the Earth and of Planetary motion in respect of the originally promised contents of the present work. There is no sign of the promised plates in the present work as bound here
[4] Consists internally of two separate works paginated together: “More Pious Frauds on the Antiquity of the Two Zodiacs of Tentyra, (Illustrated with Two Engravings)” – Prince’s Street, Norwich, 1831; and “The Zodiac of Thebes; which is proved to contain the position of the Ecliptic 40,000 Years Back’ (no separate publication information)