MEMENTO MORI, DEATH - OCCULT MAGICK ENGRAVING (Raphael's ASTROLOGER), 1825 SOCIAL ISSUES - Fire and Lightning

- Fire and Lightning

with some discoloration to upper edges

The book describes the origins

INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS "WITCH" MURDER TRIAL

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MEMENTO MORI, DEATH - OCCULT MAGICK ENGRAVING (Raphael's ASTROLOGER), 1825 SOCIAL ISSUES - Fire and LightningDetails + Condition: Original hand colored occult engraving from the 1825 first edition (thus), of THE ASTROLOGER OF THE 19th CENTURY by Raphael (pseudonym for Robert Cross Smith). Scarce. This in text illustration is titled "A Curious Old Astrologer, and His Singular Predictions". It depicts a religious figure (cardinal?) accompanied by a skeleton very much a memento mori scene. There is text to the bottom of the page, which continues to the reverse