The geomancie of Maister Christopher Cattan Gentleman. A booke, no lesse pleasant and recreatiue, then of a wittie inuention, to knowe all thinges, past present, and to come. Whereunto is annexed the whéele of Pythagoras. Translated out of French into our English tongue.
Catan, Christoforo
Category
Books
Date
1591
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3220135
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18], 134, 145-176, 161-239, 238-243, [1] p. : ill. ; 4to (19cm). Heavily annotated throughout in a contemporary hand. With final blank leaf (2M4). Inscribed on p. 105: "Elizabeth Lowe". Inscribed on title page: "Astra regunt homines et regit astra deue". Inscribed on title page: "Lud. Roberts 1628" [possibly Lewes Roberts (1596-1640)]. Binding: Seventeeth-century full calf, blind panel stamp with fleuron corner-pieces. Sewn on four cords, gilt-rule on spine (much faded). Read leather spine label, lettered in gilt "Catan Geo:Manc"; fragmentary paper label on spine tail, handwritten "Geo / Macie". Margins cropped, affecting the annotations. Wants upper board; t.p. repaired with tissue paper.
Makers and roles
Catan, Christoforo Sparry, Francis