Zadkiel^[1] the Seer ‘The Grammar of Astrology, Containing All Things Necessary for Calculating a Nativity by Common Arithmetic’ Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster Row, London, 1833.

Cloth (separation down most of rear hinge and top inch of front hinge, with cross tear to spine connecting the two main tears; wear to inner and outer corners of boards) with original printed title label adhered to front board^[2]. (Inner front paper hinge cracking towards bottom. Binding cracked (but cords holding) between pp. 32-3 and between pp. 80-1 and between pp. 128-9 and after p. 160.) [2] + [pp. iii-xvi] + 160 + [2 pages of advertisements (leaf loose from binding)] + [pp. 3-36 of advertisements]

[1] Pseud. of Morrison, Richard

[2] Whether or not the cloth itself is original is hard to tell, but it is certainly old

About this Book Scan

Carefully scanned in full colour from our original printing of the 1833 first edition.

Retired naval commander Richard Morrison adopted the pseudonym of Zadkiel and was one of the most influential astrologers from the 1830s to the 1860s. His Grammar of Astrology (1833) was his first astrological textbook and serves as an elementary introduction to astrology.