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1.
The tarot, [circa 1870-1885].

Creator:
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 436
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
297
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript notes and translations from chiefly Italian sources on the subject of tarot probably compiled by Abner Doubleday, circa 1870-1886, including extensive discussion of tarot in relation to the Cabala
Description:
Abner Doubleday (1819-1893) was a United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War, as well as a prominent member of the Theosophical Society.
Subject (Name):
Alliette, 1738-1791., Battista, Farinone., Belot, Jean., Burgoyne, Thomas H., Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795., Court de Gébelin, Antoine, 1725-1784., Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893., Fayolle, Louis-Raphaël-Lucrèce de, Comte de Mellet, 1727-1804., Johnson, Thomas Moore, 1851-1919., Kaplan, Stuart R., Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875., Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316., Moreau de Dammartin., Palmer-Thomas, R., Papus, 1865-1916., Postel, Guillaume, 1510-1581., and Saint-Martin, Louis-Claude de, 1743-1803.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Cabala, Tarot, and Tarot cards
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The tarot, [circa 1870-1885].

2.
Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá : manuscript

Creator:
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225
بوني، أحمد بن علي، -1225
Published / Created:
1874.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 759
Image Count:
528
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá (Larger Sun of knowledge), by Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī (died 1225), a well-known Ṣufī scholar from the city of Būnah (Bône), now ʻAnnābah (Annaba, Algeria), who died in Cairo. This work is designated ...
Alternative Title:
Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif and شمس المعارف ولطائف العوارف
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Arabic alphabet, Astrology, Divination, God (Islam), Name, Islamic magic, Islamic occultism, Lithographed books, Magic, and Talismans
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá : manuscript, شمس المعارف الكبرى : مخطوطة

3.
Astronomy, new system signs of the zodiac. [graphic]

Published / Created:
1827.
Call Number:
827.00.00.63
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A ring of satirical representations of the twelve zodiac signs surround a basket in which the traditional signs have been thrown. On the basket is a sign 'Old Signs to be sold cheap'.
Alternative Title:
Signs of the zodiac
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Zodiac, and Baskets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Astronomy, new system signs of the zodiac. [graphic]

4.
Treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism : manuscript

Published / Created:
1761-1815.
Call Number:
Arabic MSS suppl. 600
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Collection of treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism: 1. On the magical qualities of the letters of the Arabic alphabet, their numerical values and their categorization into fire, air, water and earth letters, in Ottoman Turkish (folios1a-2...
Description:
In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Astrology, Magic, Magic squares, Numerology, Sufism, and Talismans
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism : manuscript

5.
Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif, [17--?]

Creator:
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225
بوني، أحمد بن علي، -1225
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 93
Image Count:
700
Abstract:
Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif (also called "Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá" to distinguish it from the author's two other smaller treatises: al-wusṭa "the middle one" and al-ṣughrá "the little one"), a treatise on magic, alchemy, astrolog...
Alternative Title:
Shams al-maʻārif al-kubrá and شمس المعارف الكبرى
Description:
In Arabic.
Subject (Name):
Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Arabic alphabet, Astrology, Divination, God (Islam), Name, Islamic magic, Islamic occultism, and Magic
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif, [17--?], شمس المعارف ولطائف العوارف، [17--?]

7.
The garland of trials

Published / Created:
[1795?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Seduction, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Parent and child, and Fathers and daughters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The garland of trials

8.
The miraculous farmer, or, No cock like the west-country cock

Published / Created:
[between 1754 and 1783?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
No cock like the west-country cock
Description:
Verse - "You women in city and country I pray". - In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Husband and wife, Pregnancy, Adultery, Domestics, Men, Sexual behovior, Women, Sexual behavior, Sex, Farmers, Astrology, and Physicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The miraculous farmer, or, No cock like the west-country cock

9.
Ars magic, [circa 1780].

Call Number:
Osborn c192
Image Count:
156
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a treatise on the conjuration of angels. The manuscript begins with directions to conjure the airy spirits on Sunday, followed by instructions for conjurations on the other days of the week. Each entry incl...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Astrology, Incantations, Magic, Theater, and Tragicomedy
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ars magic, [circa 1780].

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