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First edition

The MYSTERIES

 of 

ASTROLOGY 

and

 the WONDERS OF MAGIC

1854

THE MYSTERIES OF ASTROLOGY AND THE WONDERS OF MAGIC: including a history of the rise and progress of astrology, and the various branches of Necromancy
An fascinating book about astrology, chiromancy, necromancy, geomancy, witchcraft etc., written by author Roback, Dr. C.W., who was also a practitioner in the field. Boston: Published by the Author, 1854.FIRST EDITION
Size:8vo.6 X 9 1/4. 238pp. with frontispiece portrait of the author and many wood engravings with the text. Redish brown cloth, gilt and blind stamped with gilt illustration of the Roback family summer residence in Sweden. Binding is in very good condition with only minor rubbing. Pages are clean with an occasional spot of marginal foxing. Includes sections on astrology, chiromancy, nativities, geomancy, physiognomy and metoposcopy. 

The final chapter is titled "Narratives and anecdotes in relation to witchcraft, magic, apparitions, visions, presentiments, and other supernatural phenomena." The book opens with an autobiographical sketch where the author describes his childhood in Sweden, his adventures in the Near East and in Europe, his studies in astrology and magic, and finally his emigration in 1844 to the United States. 

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