Astrologaster, or, The figure-caster. : Rather the arraignment of artlesse astrologers, and fortune-tellers, that cheat many ignorant people vnder the pretence of foretelling things to come, of telling things that are past, finding out things that are lost, expounding dreames, calculating deaths and natiuities, once againe brought to the barre. By Iohn Melton.
1620
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Astrologaster, or, The figure-caster. : Rather the arraignment of artlesse astrologers, and fortune-tellers, that cheat many ignorant people vnder the pretence of foretelling things to come, of telling things that are past, finding out things that are lost, expounding dreames, calculating deaths and natiuities, once againe brought to the barre. By Iohn Melton.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Barnard Alsop, for Edward Blackmore, and are to be sold in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Blazing-Starre, 1620.
Description
[8], 80 p., folded table ; (4to)
Associated name
Melton, John, Sir, -1640, author.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Note
With a title-page woodcut.
Running title reads: The figure-caster.
Signatures: A-L⁴.
Entered to J. Harrison and Blackmore 8 April [1620].
Running title reads: The figure-caster.
Signatures: A-L⁴.
Entered to J. Harrison and Blackmore 8 April [1620].
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 103)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 17804
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S112560
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S112560
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 17804
Folger-specific note
cs84. Imperfect: t.p. cropped, affecting imprint. Manuscript note. Quire A trimmed, affecting text at tail. Calf binding. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Freeling; bought by Folger from Pearson, Nov. 1900