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A treatise on zodiacal physiognomy; illustrated by engravings of heads and features, and accompanied by tables of the time of rising of the twelve signs of the Zodiac ... By John Varley.

Accession number
PML 78494
Creator
Varley, John, 1778-1842.
Published
London, Published by the author ... and sold by Longman and co., Paternoster Row, 1828.
Credit line
Purchased on the Streeter bequest, 1985.
Notes
Author's address from imprint: 10 1/2, Great Tichfield Street.
At foot ot t.p.: "[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]"
At foot of verso of t.p.: "Printed by Gunnell and Shearman, 13, Salisbury Square."
Contains three "visionary heads" by William Blake ("Cancer" and two versions of "The Ghost of the Flea") and "Coin of Nebuchadnezzar" after Blake engraved by John Linnell.
Contains Varley's account of Blake's nocturnal visions, pp. 54-5.
Description
iv, 60 p., 6 plates ; 24 cm.
Provenance
Stamp of previous owner: British Section, Theosophical Society, London.
Binding
Brown ribbon-embossed cloth; title gilt-stamped.
Classification
Department