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The new book of knowledge. [electronic resource] : Shewing the effects of the planets and other astr...

The new book of knowledge. [electronic resource] : Shewing the effects of the planets and other astr...

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The new book of knowledge. [electronic resource] : Shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations; with the strange events that befall men, women and children, born under them. Together with the husbandman's practice: Or, Prognostication for Ever. With the Shepherd's perpetual Prognostication for the Weather. Also A brief Discourse of the Natural Causes of Meteors; with an Account of several Remarkable Earthquakes, Rains, Thunders, Lightnings, Comets, Blazing-Stars, &c. that have happen'd in several Countries. And observations on the weather, and Signs foretelling Rain. A brief Collection of all the Members of Man Physiognomiz'd: The Signification of Moles on Man or Woman: The Interpretation of Dreams: And Pythagoras's Wheel of Fortune. With several other secrets of art and nature, not to be sound in any other Book of this Kind.

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The new book of knowledge. [electronic resource] : Shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations; with the strange events that befall men, women and children, born under them. Together with the husbandman's practice: Or, Prognostication for Ever. With the Shepherd's perpetual Prognostication for the Weather. Also A brief Discourse of the Natural Causes of Meteors; with an Account of several Remarkable Earthquakes, Rains, Thunders, Lightnings, Comets, Blazing-Stars, &c. that have happen'd in several Countries. And observations on the weather, and Signs foretelling Rain. A brief Collection of all the Members of Man Physiognomiz'd: The Signification of Moles on Man or Woman: The Interpretation of Dreams: And Pythagoras's Wheel of Fortune. With several other secrets of art and nature, not to be sound in any other Book of this Kind.

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Publisher

London : printed for A. Wilde, in Aldersgate-Street: Sold also by the Book-Sellers in Town and Country, M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]

Uniform title

Knowledge of things unknown.

Date

M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]

Record Identifier

74Vvo4RE5zjO

MMS ID

991013362209702626

Language

English

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Physical content

168p. : ill. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for A. Wilde, in Aldersgate-Street: Sold also by the Book-Sellers in Town and Country, M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The new book of knowledge. [electronic resource] : Shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations; with the strange events that befall men, women and children, born under them. Together with the husbandman's practice: Or, Prognostication for Ever. With the Shepherd's perpetual Prognostication for the Weather. Also A brief...

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Notes

General note

A different edition from that which bears the half-title: 'The new book of knowleege' [sic].

Attributed to the astronomer Godfridus.

'Knowledge of things unknowne' was first published in 1641.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With a half-title.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T87385.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vvo4RE5zjO

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MMS ID

991013362209702626