The Royal Book of Fate; Queen Elizabeth's Oracle of Future Events By Zadkiel
Publishings: 1856 Sherwood and Company; James Cornish, Booksellers; Fourth Edition
Full Title:
The Royal Book of Fate; Queen Elizabeth's Oracle of Future Events, From an Illuminated Manuscript, Found in the Library of the Unfortunate Earl of Essex, Who Was Beheaded in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: A Work of the Greatest Interest, Curious, Marvellous, and Wonderful, relating to Love, Marriage, Riches, Dream Foretold, and all Subjects of Fate, Change, and Mortal Destiny. To Which is Added, Raphael's Nativity by Zadkiel the Seer
Zadkiel, the penance of English astrologer Richard James Morrison, was best known for his 1831 publication of The Herald of Atrology, later known as Zadkiel’s Almanac. “Morrison wrote such articles as The New Principia, or true system of astronomy, in which the Earth is proved to be the stationary centre of the Solar System (1868) which made him a charlatan in the eyes of scientists”
Condition: publishers cloth boards, wear along the edges and corners, soiling on the covers, lacking front free end paper, linen backed color foldout plate is present, pages with occasional soiling, overall still in Very Good condition