Napier (John) Ouverture de tous les Secrets de l'Apocalypse ou Revelation de S. Iean,
third edition, title with small woodcut printers device, 2 folding letterpress tables, browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, soiled, [Caillet 7910 "fort singulier ouvrage"], 8vo, La Rochelle, Noel de la Croix, 1607.***Scarce. John Napier was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer/astrologer. He was widely believed to be a magician, and is thought to have dabbled in alchemy and necromancy..
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Books, Manuscripts, Paintings, Drawings
5:00 AM PT - Oct 17th, 2008
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Bloomsbury Auctions
Bloomsbury House
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
