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The geomancie / of Maister Christopher Cattan Gentleman. A booke, no lesse pleasant and recreatiue, then of a wittie inuention, to knovve all thinges, past, present, and to come. Whereunto is annexed the wheele of Pythagoras. Translated out of French into our English tongue [by Francis Sparry].

Christopher Cattan, Sparry, Francis, fl. 16th century., Paige, Edward, Bern Dibner · 1591 · London : Printed by Iohn VVolfe and are to be sold at Edward VVhites shop, at the signe of the Gunne, at the little north doore of Paules, 1591. · 68 pictures

A 1591 London printing of Christopher Cattan's English translation by Francis Sparry, a popular manual of geomantic divination meant for general readers curious about foretelling past, present and future. The pictures are rows of star-like dot figures arranged in ruled grids and fields, with planetary and zodiacal symbols at the head of some columns, showing a systematic, diagrammatic vocabulary a designer could borrow for patterned layouts or early modern occult charts.

Geometry · Astrology

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