[The most excellent, profitable, and pleasant booke of the famous doctour and expert astrologien Arcandam or Aleandrin
Subtitle: to fynd the fatal desteny, constellation, complexion, and naturall inclination of euery man and childe by his byrth, with an addition of Phisiognomie very delectable to reade now newly tourned out of French into our vulgare tonge by William Warde]
Contributors: Ward, William, 1534-1609, translator; Rowbothum, James, printer
Publisher: [by James Rovvbothum]
Published: 1562
Place of publication: Printed at London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Astrology; Early works to 1800; Physiognomy
Work titles: Arcandam de veritatibus et praedictionibus astrologiae
Notes: Arcandam = Richard Roussat.

Publication date conjectured by STC.

The section on physiognomy bears the initials R. H. on the final leaf; sometimes attributed to R. Hall.

Signatures: *⁴ A-R⁸ S⁴.

Title vignette (printer's device); woodcuts; initials.

Folded table before leaf B2.

Rare Book copy: Imperfect: section on physiognomy only, all before leaf M4 wanting, supplied from later edition (London : Thomas Orwin, 1592); 4 leaves at end wanting, supplied in MS. Description based largely on ESTC record and reproduction from original in Cambridge University.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 724

English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118908

Gift of Valerie Delacorte in memory of George T. Delacorte, May 2007