April 12, 2024
1650 Astrology OCCULT Talisman CABALA Ancient MAGIC Gemology ASTRONOMY Sciences
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Unheard-of Curiosities concerning the Talismanical Sculpture of the Persians;: The Horoscope of the Patriarkes; and the reading of the Stars. Written in French by James Gaffarel, and Englished by Edmund Chilmead.Gaffarel, Jacques. Chilmead, Edmund (transl.). London: Printed by G.D. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650 . 1st EditionFirst English edition of this extremely rare early work on the Cabala. Jacques Gaffarel first published the work in 1629 in France where it was extremely popular; Edmund Chilmead produced the first english version in 1650. The preface to the edition states 'This Curious Booke was printed Thrice, with the space of Sixe Moneths: Twice in Paris; and Once, in some other City of France not named in the Impression. And it is suspected, and upon very good Grounds too, that the Booke-sellers of Rouen, in hope of Gaine, printed it more than Once; though not without very great Corruption, both of the Sense and Stile.' A strange and emotion-inspiring book from its inception, Unheard of Curiosities has never stopped being controversial to this day, and has been reprinted in facsimile recently in both 1993 and 1999. To borrow from The Zodiacal Zephyr's Astrology Bibliography: "Jacques Gaffarel (1601-81), Hebrew scholar, theologian, cabalist, was the librarian for Richelieu. His writings tended to center upon the cabalistic sciences.
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