Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CD 15: Conjuror’s Magazine, Astrologer’s Magazine, Straggling Astrologer

Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CD 15:

The Conjuror’s Magazine;

The Astrologer’s Magazine and Philosophical Miscellany;

The Straggling Astrologer

Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CD 15, Front cover

Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CD 15, Disc

Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CD 15, Rear cover

Contents of CD 15:

This particular CD contains the scans of four original antiquarian volumes from Astrolearn’s private collection, as detailed below.

NB: The few missing and text-chipped pages noted in our catalogue descriptions of our original copies of the first three volumes, as seen below, have been replaced in typing within the files on this disc from other sources. The text files for “The Conjuror’s Magazine” and “The Astrologer’s Magazine and Philosophical Miscellany” are therefore essentially complete, although a few pages are included in retyped form and not in facsimile as a result of the defects to our original printed source copies. The exception is the one missing leaf in a single issue of “The Straggling Astrologer”, which we were regrettably unable to replace from another source by the time of going to press, but it is just one leaf of one issue, and this compilation of rare early astrological journals still represents excellent value.

 

The Conjuror’s Magazine Vols. I and II (two separate volumes and files):

Full title:

  • The Conjuror’s Magazine, or, Magical and Physiognomical Mirror (Aug. 1792 – Oct. 1792; Jan. – Feb. 1793)
  • The Conjuror’s Magazine (Nov. – Dec. 1792; Mar. – Jul. 1793)

Editor: [Lemoine, Henry] (all issues)

Publication credits:

  • Printed for W. Locke, No. 12 Red Lion St., Holborn, London; and sold by all Booksellers and Newscarriers in Town and Country (Aug. 1791; Nov. 1791 – Jul. 1792)
  • Printed by and for W. Locke, No. 12, Red Lion Street, Holborn: by whom Letters (Post-paid) will be received (Sep. 1791)
  • Printed for W. Locke, No. 12 Red Lion St., London; and sold by all Booksellers and Newscarriers in Town and Country

Holdings:

  • [Vol. I No. 1] August, 1791. (Title page leaf marginally chipped. Heavy chip lost from upper outer margin of leaf comprising pp. 15-16, with losses to text of an article about deception using cards.) [2] + [pp. 11-40]
  • [Vol. I No. 2] September, 1791. [Frontis. (“Satan”)] + [2] + [pp. [43-72]
  • [Vol. I No. 3] October, 1791. [Frontis. (“An Aged Man Standing on the Brink of the Grave”)] + [2] + [pp. 75-104]
  • [Vol. I No. 4] November, 1791. [Frontis. (“Attention mixed with Astonishment”)] + [2] + [pp. 107-136]
  • [Vol. I No. 5] December, 1791. [2] + [pp. 139-168]
  • [Vol. I No. 6] February[1], 1792. [Frontis. (“The Magician Balaam Blessing the Children of Israel whom he intended to Curse”)] + [2] + [pp. 171-184] + [pp. 187-202]
  • [Vol. I No. 7] February, 1792. (Defective: leaf comprising pp. 217 to 218 has been almost entirely torn out.) [2] + [pp. 205-216] + [pp. 219-233] + [p. 334[2]]
  • [Vol. I No. 8] March, 1792. (Heavy central chipping, with loss, and tearing to leaf comprising pp. 345-6.) [2] + [pp. 337-341] + [plate (“Cain”)] + [pp. 343-355] + [p. 350 (2)] + [p. 557] + [pp. 358-366]
  • [Vol. I No. 9] April. 1792. [Frontis. (“Frederick II King of Prussia”)] + [2] + [pp. 369-374] + [plate (“Attention, desire, hope, reflecting Astonishment”)] + [pp. 375-382] + [plate (“A Numerous Group of Human Figures in Contrast”) + [pp. 383-398]
  • [Vol. I No. 10] May, 1792. [Frontis. (“The Last Supper”) ]+ [2] + [pp. 401-430]
  • [Vol. I No. 11] June, 1792. [Frontis. (“Gentleness and Benignity”)] + [2] + [pp. 433-462]
  • [Vol. I No. 12] July, 1792. [Frontis. (“Henry Fuseli”)] + [2] + [pp. 465-494]
  • [Vol. II No. 1] August, 1792. [Frontis. (“Bust of Homer”)] + [2] + [plate (“George III”)] + [pp. 4-32]
  • [Vol. II No. 2] September, 1792. [3] + [pp. 36-40] + [plate (“Caricature of Lord Anson”)] + [pp. 41-8] + [plate (“Lord Anson”)] + [pp. 49-56] + [plate (“A Groupe of Brutes”)] + [pp. 57-64]
  •  [Vol. II No. 3] October, 1792. [Frontis. (“The Sneering Contempt of Envy”)] + [2] + [pp. 67-104]
  • [Vol. II No. 4] November, 1792. [Frontis. (“Goodness No. 1 – Atrociousness – Goodness No. 2”)] + [2] + [pp. 99-120[3]] + [pp. 129-144]
  • [Vol. II No. 5] December, 1792. [2] + [pp. 147-184]
  • [Vol. II No. 6] January, 1793. [Frontis. (“Catherine II Empress of Russia”) (partly ink-stained)] + [2] + [pp. 187-192] + [plate (“Rechab with the Head of Ishbosheth”)] + [pp. 193-200] + [plate (“Profiles from Fancy”)] + [pp. 201-208] + [plate (“A Table of the Essential Dignities of the Planets”)] + [pp. 209-216] + [plate (“Three Heads after Raphael”)] + [pp. 217-224]
  • [Vol. II No. 7] February, 1793. [2] + [pp. 227-264]
  • [Vol. II No. 8] March, 1793. [Frontis. (“M. Dumourier”)] + [2] + [pp. 267-312]
  • [Vol. II No. 9] April, 1793. [Frontis. (“Facility of Apprehension and Exquisite Taste”)] + [2] + [pp. 315-352]
  • [Vol. II No. 10] May, 1793. [Frontis. (“Raynal”)] + [2] + [1] + [p. 536] + [pp. 357-365] + [p. 166 (2)] + [pp. 367-410]
  • [Vol. II No. 11] June, 1793. [Frontis. (“Christ”)] + [2] + [pp. 413-8] + [plate (“M. Égalité”)] + [pp. 419-426] + [plate (“Elevated medium and sensual minds”)] + [pp. 427-450][4] + [pp. 457-472]
  • [Vol. II No. 12] July, 1793. (Defective: lacks pp. 515-518.) [Frontis. (“St. John”)] + [2] + [pp. 475-80] + [plate (“Christ Walking on the Sea”)] + [pp. 481-8] + [plate (“Head after Raphael”)] + [pp. 489-496] + [plate (“Abel the first victim sacrificed to envy”)] + [pp. 497-514] + [pp. 519-20]

Binding format and presentation notes:

  • I in old quarter-leather binding (front board missing) with paper-covered rear board (heavily worn at corners and edges, and scuffed).
  • II in matching old quarter-leather binding (sine leather scuffed) with paper-covered boards (heavily worn at outer corners and edges, and scuffed)
  • Contents of Vol. I followed by an unpaginated 4-page volume index. There is no index to this copy of Vol. II
  • Both vols. lack the advertised Lavater’s essays that were supplied with the original subscription issue of the magazine but not typically included in the bound volumes (and notably not integrated into the pagination scheme for the magazine either)
  • Many of the plates indicated in the tables of contents for the individual issues are also missing, in common with most other bound vols.. For reasons of clarity, the exact identities of those that are present in this set are shown in the individual issue pagination details above
  • An online library scan of Vol. II indicates the presence of an overall volume title page, absent from this copy

 

The Astrologer’s Magazine and Philosophical Miscellany[5] (1)

Full Title: (from overall volume title page, dated 1794)

  • The Astrologer’s Magazine and Philosophical Miscellany. Consisting of An Easy Introduction to the Celestial Science of Astrology. The Art of setting a Figure to any Time proposed. Signification of the Houses, Planets, Signs, and Aspects. Position, Motion, and Influences, of the Heavenly Bodies. Rules and Examples to Resolve all Lawful Horary Questions. How to calculate Nativities, exemplified by the Genitures of many illustrious Persons. Lives of eminent Philosophers. Singular Prophecies. Chymical Secrets. Medical Prescriptions. Extracts on interesting Subjects, from the Foreign and Domestic Philosophical Transactions. With a Monthly Portion of Lavater’s Physiognomy, embellished with Several Hundred Etchings and Engravings, illustrative of the Science. Vol. I of the New Series, and Vol. III of the Work

Editor:

  • [Lemoine, Henry] (all issues, presumed from historical records)

Publication credits:

  • Printed for W. Locke, No. 12, Red Lion Street, Holborn, London

Holdings:

  • August, 1793
  • September, 1793
  • October, 1793
  • November, 1793
  • December, 1793
  • January, 1794. (Defective: lacks pp. 235-6)

Binding format and presentation notes:

  • Single, continuously (though erratically) paginated volume in old half-leather (heavily worn at outer corners; lightly chipped at extremities of spine; both boards detached but front board loosely re-attached with clear tape down inner margins) with paper-covered boards (scuffed and edgeworn). Contents printed in dual columns throughout. (Ex-library copy with occasional innocuous marginal library stamps.) [1 leaf] + [2] + [pp. 3-16] + [pp. 9 (2) – 48] + [2] + [pp. 51-6] + [pp. 49-50] + [pp. 51 (2) – 80] + [2] + [pp. 83-120] + [2] + [pp. 123-168] + [2] + [pp. 171-183] + [p. 84 (2)] + [pp. 185-199] + [p. 20 (2)] + [2] + [pp. 203-4] + [p. 105 (2)] + [pp. 206-8][6] + [pp. 229-234][7] + [pp. 237-250] + [2]

 

The Straggling Astrologer

Full title:

  • The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century, or Compendium of Astrology, Geomancy, and Occult Philosophy. – Comprising The Ancient Practice of raising Spirits, and invocating the Dead. Apparitions, Visions, and extraordinary Dreams. Curious Charms, Talismans, and wonderful Secrets in Occult Philosophy. Lives of eminent Philosophers, Astrologers, and Magicians. An easy Introduction to the celestial Science of Astrology. The art of setting a Figure to any time proposed. The art of casting a Nativity, and resolving all lawful Horary Questions relative to the Fate of both Sexes. Monthly Prognostications and Predictions. An Explanation of the Oriental Science of Geomancy, upon which no Author has written for 150 years. With a variety of important and interesting Matter not to be found in any other Publication. With nearly Sixty Hieroglyphics, beautifully engraved from Original Drawings (overall vol. title)[8]
  • The Straggling Astrologer (Jun. 5-19, 1824) (individual issue titles)
  • The Straggling Astrologer; or, Magazine of Celestial Intelligences’ (Jun. 26 – Aug. 14, 1824)
  • The Straggling Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; (Late “The Straggling Astrologer;”) or, Magazine of Celestial Intelligences (Aug. 21-28, 1824)
  • The Straggling Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; or, Magazine of Celestial Intelligences (Sep. 4-18, 1824)
  • The Straggling Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century; or, Magazine of Astrology, Geomancy, and Occult Philosophy (Sep. 25 – Oct. 30, 1824)

Editor:

  • The Members of the Mercurii, The Editor of the Prophetic Almanack, and Other Celebrated Astrologers (overall volume title page credit)
  • Minime Nostras-Nostradamus (Jun. 5 – 19, 1824)
  • Minime Nostra-Nostradamus: assisted by Several Artists of First-rate Eminence: among whom is T. C. R.[,] A principal Calculator of the Predictions in that popular Work, The Prophetic Almanack (Jun. 26 – Aug. 14, 1824)
  • The celebrated Mademoiselle Le Normand, of Paris, H. R. H. The Princess Olive of Cumberland, The Members of the Mercurii, The Editor of the Prophetic Almanack, and other Celebrated Astrologers (Aug. 21 – Sep. 18, 1824)
  • The Members of the Mercurii, The Editor of the Prophetic Almanack, and Other Celebrated Astrologers (Sep. 25 – Oct. 30, 1824)

Publication credits:

  • [Stated “Sixth Edition”[9]], Willam Charlton Wright, 65 Paternoster Row, 1825 (overall vol. credit).
  • Willam Charlton Wright, 65, Paternoster Row, London (individual issue credits) (Jul. 3 – Sep. 18, 1824)[10]

Holdings:

  • No. 1, June 5, 1824. 16pp
  • No. 2, June 12, 1824. [pp. 17-32]
  • No. 3, June 19, 1824. [pp. 33-48]
  • No. 4, June 26, 1824. [pp. 49-64]
  • No. 5, July 3, 1824. [pp. 65-80]
  • No. 6, July 10, 1824. [pp. 81-96]
  • No. 7, July 17, 1824. [pp. 97-112]
  • No. 8, July 24, 1824. [pp. 113-128]
  • No. 9, July 31, 1824. [pp. 129-144]
  • No. 10, August 7, 1824. [pp. 145-160]
  • No. 11, August 14, 1824. [pp. 161-176]
  • No. 12, August 21, 1824. [pp. 177-192]
  • No. 13, August 28, 1824. [pp. 193-208]
  • No. 14, Sept. 4, 1824. [pp. 209-224]
  • No. 15, Sept. 11, 1824. [pp. 225-240]
  • No. 16, Sept. 18, 1824. [pp. 241-256]
  • No. 17, Sept. 25, 1824. [pp. 257-272]
  • No. 18, Oct. 2, 1824. [pp. 273-288]
  • No. 19, Oct. 9, 1824. [pp. 289-304]
  • No. 20, Oct. 16, 1824. [pp. 305-318] (lacks pp. 319-20)
  • No. 21, Oct. 23, 1824. [pp. 321-336]
  • No. 22, Oct. 30, 1824. [pp. 337-350] + [2 pp. of advertisements]

Binding format and presentation notes:

  • All issues bound together in an old half-leather vol. (lightly scuffed to extremities of hinges and outer corners of boards) with paper-covered boards (edgeworn). Internals begin with [4] + [pp. v-xvi] of prelims. added at the time of issue of the volume

 

[1] A note to the title page of the following issue indicates that this was printed thus ‘by mistake’, which is to say that it was really the issue for January, 1792

[2] The sudden leap in pagination of 100 pages within this issue is unexplained; but the error is then carried forward for the rest of the volume

[3] Pagination is continuous from p. 120 to p. 129. The skipping of eight nominal pages was in apparent belated compensation for the backward movement by eight at the start of this issue

[4] There is no evidence in the contents page of any missing pages between p. 450 and the following p. 457, so this appears to be another pagination error

[5] The continuation of the title formerly known as ‘The Conjuror’s Magazine’, q.v. above. Although only the first six issues under the new title are typically found in bound form, as here, the Harry Price collection at the University of London is catalogued to hold numerous later isolated issues from the following four or so years, uniquely to library records worldwide. Thus it seems clear that publication continued for quite some time after February 1794, but that as a result of the failure to re-issue the later issues in bound form, they have become exceptionally scarce.

[6] Despite the 20-page gap in pagination here, contents are continuous. The table of contents refers to pp. 223-8 for the contents found at pp. 203-8.

[7] The leaf that should comprise pp. 235-6 has unfortunately been torn out by a previous reader from this copy, leaving a visible stub as evidence of its former presence

[8] Internally consists of a complete set of the periodical ‘The Straggling Astrologer’ with its original pagination and individual issue dates included

[9] There is no basis in fact to this appellation – it’s merely the first compendium of all the issues of the present magazine

[10] The remaining issues, both before and after, do not list the publisher on their first pages, although the identity of the publisher can reasonably be presumed to have been the same throughout

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