Ball, Richard, Student in Astrology and Physick ‘Astrology Improv’d: Or, a Compendium Of the whole Art of that most Noble Science. In Five Parts Wherein I. The many Errors of other Writers upon this Subject are corrected. II. Necessary Rules, Figures and Judgment upon every House, for the better understanding of Horary Questions. III. Astrolo-Physical Judgments upon Diseases, and the best Method of curing them by Herbs; with variety of Receipts Alphabetically digested. IV. True Judgments upon Nativities, and Elections relating to Buying, Selling, Gaming, Racing, Travelling, Love, Marriage, &c. V. A New and most certain Way how to know and judge the Inclination of the Air, and Alteration of the Weather at all Seasons. The like not to be found in any other Author’ The Second Edition, very much enlarg’d – Printed by G. Parker for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-Noster Row, London, 1723

Leather. [1 leaf] + [pp. iii-viii] + [4] + 85 + [pp. 87-221] + [pp. 223-263] + [pp. 265-287] + [p. 289 (1)] + [pp. 289 (2) – 303] + [9 pages of advertisements]

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Carefully scanned in full colour from our original printing purchased from Krown and Spellman booksellers of California in the 2000s.

Richard Ball’s Astrology Improv’d (1723) is a posthumous revision and expansion by prominent early 17th century astrologer George Parker of Richard Ball’s original 17th century text An Astro-physical Compendium (1697). It is much more extensive than Ball’s original text and was one of the last new or substantially revised English didactic astrological works to have appeared in the early 18th century before a major lull in astrological publishing.