ALDE
106
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PERUCHIO (Sieur de). La Chiromance, la Physionomie et la Géo…
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106
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PERUCHIO (Sieur de). La Chiromance, la Physionomie et la Géo…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
PERUCHIO (Sieur de). La Chiromance, la Physionomie et la Géomance, avec la signification des Nombres et l'usage de la Roue de Pythagore. Paris, Guillaume de Luyne, 1663. In-4, stiff overlapping vellum, three bands of black chagrin decorated with gilt irons passing over the spine and the spine ends (Modern binding). Second edition of this "excellent treatise on the divinatory arts" (Caillet).
It is illustrated with two fold-out plates (one of which shows Apollo on his chariot in the zodiacal sky) and thirty copper engravings, often full-page, of chiromantic hands, physiognomonic heads, zodiacal tables, the Wheel of Pythagoras, the solar system, etc., plus a dozen woodcuts in the text.
From the library of the magus Thot Castelli, with bookplate.
Headbands damaged, wear to binding, title browned with small worm work, marginal repairs to a few leaves.
Caillet, no. 8555 - Dorbon, nos. 3622-3623 - Graesse, Magica, 106 - Wellcome, IV, 340.
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About the sale
Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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Auction time
06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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