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Claude Dariot – A Briefe and Most Easie Introduction to the Stars
London:: T. Purfoot,. 1598.. 4to: A – V^4; 2A^2 B – I^4 K^2. S4 (vovelles, supplied in letterpress facsimile, from the Harvard copy). 1st editon thus (STC 6276). First work revised and expanded; 1st edition of second work. Unpaginated (though 230 pp). Separate t.p. for each work.. Modern full calf binding, executed in a period style, with decorative blindstamping to boards.. Binding is Fine. Text block with the following blemishes: title. page cut down and relaid without loss of text, soiling and browning. to a number of leaves, closely trimmed on upper and lower margins. particularly T2-V2. Tear, without loss, to second part leaves A1, A2. [somewhat longish, but easily repairable] & E4 [lower margin]. Corner. of 2F2 missing, but with no loss to text. Interesting,occasionally. extensive, early-hand marginal notes to many pages. Withall, Very. Good.. Claudius Dariot was a noted French physician who practiced in the tradition of Paracelsus, divining medical treatments from astrological readings. His contribution to the development of astrological technique went far beyond medical applications, and this seminal text in horaray astrology – using astrological readings to answer specific questions – was a highly important text in its day and still remains one of the principal authorities in its field. The book contains two texts. The first is a revised and expanded translation of Dariot’s original work, which includes a brief treatise on electoral astrology – the use of astrological readings to judge the most propitious moment to begin an undertaking – as well as an extended account of the theory and application of horary astrology. The second part is the first edition of an original text on medical applications of astrology, written by G.C., an unidentified Englishman who was also responsible for the revisions and extensions to Dariot’s text. The work is thus a comprehensive introduction to early astrological practice. The growth in the use of horary astrology by the increasingly wealthy merchant society of Elizabethan England and the Stuart period can be attributed, at least in part, to the availability of this English translation of Dariot’s text, and it was a clear influence on the work of England’s most eminent astrologer, William Lilly [1602 – 1681]. The “Astrologicall Judgement of the Starres” is still a highly regarded text that modern practitioners continue to refer to, and is required reading for many modern astrology courses. & & A scarce title on the commercial market, with only 1 copy coming to auction these last 30+ years (2004)
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