Harley, Rev. Timothy, F. R. A. S. ‘Moon Lore’ Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, Paternoster Square, London, 1885.

Original ornately gilt-stamped cloth (heavy wear to top of spine; 1 cm tear towards top of rear spine hinge; wear to foot of spine and upper outer corner of front board; moderate wear to other outer corners and to remainder of rear spine hinge; light wear to front spine hinge). (Binding splitting between upper and middle parts of pp. 80-1; 96-7 and pp. 112-3: needs repair.) [1 leaf] + [illustration] + [2] + [p. ix] + [pp. xi-xiii] + [p. xv] + 8 + [illustration] + [pp. 11-257] + [pp. 259-283] + [pp. 285-296]

About this Book Scan

Carefully scanned in full colour from our original printing of the 1885 true first edition.

Timothy Harley’s Moon Lore was an early work looking at the popular traditions and lore associated with the Moon. As such, it is of tangential interest and relevance to the history of astrology.