Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a complete prognostication for someone born in the Haywards Heath region of Sussex, including his personality; the length of his life; his financial situation; his relationship to his father; the number of his marriages; satisfaction with his servants; the behavior of his "pretended friends"; and the kind of travel he will do. For example, the manuscript declares, "The Native should go many voyages or long journies...the chief end of his travelling should be to gain learning and honor; But the Moon and Mare being in opposition to the Ninth Hous, shewe that it should be very unproffitable to him." The volume also includes 7 horoscope drawings.
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron; signature of Michael Lort (1725-90)., Binding: contemporary panelled calf, gilt., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Marbled endpapers., On title page: An Astrological Judgment Upon the Nativity of a Gentleman born in the Latitude of 51 degr. And from the Meridian of London to the Westward 13 min: Astronomically and Astrologically Performed by Phillip Williams, Student in Astrology., and Pages 46-50 blank, not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Sussex (England)
Subject (Name):
Williams, Phillip
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Divination, Fortune-telling, Horoscopes, and Planets
Title from pencil annotation on verso of matte, perhaps in the artist's hand; note is signed "S. Owen" below., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of drawing; final digits of date are mostly illegible, but a similar drawing by Owen in the same volume is clearly dated "1822"., and Laid in volume 2 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
Title from pencil annotation on verso of matte, perhaps in the artist's hand; note is signed "S. Owen" below., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of drawing., and Laid in volume 2 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
A collection of pencil sketches mostly on ca. 51 pages. The first two are drawings of Pisa, but most are sketches done in the summer of 1796 of sites in England including: Twickenham, Goodwood House, Pagham, Bognor, as well as other undated and unidentified sites. One sketch from 1784 tipped in and one of a kangaroo
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Pages [52]-[66] blank., Worn marbled-paper boards, spine lacking; annotated on cover: MB [monogram] 1790 Pisa., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England., Goodwood House (England), Twickenham (London, England), Pisa (Italy), and Sussex (England)
