The true centuries and prophecies of Maistre Michel Nostradamus Chez Jean-B, Besongne à Rouen, 1710 - Beautiful edition of this classic work on clairvoyance and the occult. Bound in contemporary full vellum, in overall good condition, one small hole in the spine in the shape of a triangle (that of the eye of providence) ? Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the beheading of King Charles I of England and the burning of London, and five portraits (Nostradamus, Henri II, Henri IV). A few annotations crossed out on the flyleaf, small old annotations in the text, not serious. Chomarat [321]; Benazra [p. 290-292] In-12, (36) 216pp

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