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The astrologer of the nineteenth century / By the members of the Mercurii: Raphael ... and other sideral [sic] artists.

Anglicus, Merlinus, junior, Gent., Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library · 1825 · London : Knight & Lacey, 1825. · 104 pictures

An 1825 London book on astrology, compiled by the self-styled Mercurii society under pseudonyms such as Raphael and Merlinus junior, and printed by Knight & Lacey for an English readership interested in occult practice. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut-style engravings mixing a dense forest scene, a dramatic swordfight, a horoscope chart with planetary glyphs, and a ring of cherubs around a magical circle, offering a designer compact examples of early nineteenth-century decorative vignettes and symbolic diagrams.

Astrology · Occultism

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