★ Worsdale, John [1766-1828 (?)]. The Nativity of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France; Calculated according to the genuine rules and precepts of The Learned Claudius Ptolemy, From the most correct Astronomical Tables. To which is added, An Examination of A Treatise Published On This Geniture, Exhibiting the Cause of Error in the Radix, &c. By John Worsdale Student in the celestial science. Stockport, Printed and sold by Northall & Dawson, Lower Hillgate; sold also by Mr. Geo. Robinson, 25, Paternoster-Row, London, and other Booksellers [1805].
In 4° (28 cm), [A]2 B-C2 D-P4, pp. vii [viii bianca] 9-106 [107 bianca] [108, Proposal for publishing, by subscription di The Essence of elementary philosophy di John Worsdale]. Medaglione con ritratto in metallo di Napoleone, entro cornice costituita dal suo oroscopo, di forma rotonda, e in calce: Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France. Born Aug. 14. 1769 h. 21.51. 46. V.M. Lat. 41° 40’. Long. 9°.08. Sono bianche le pp. i, iv, viii, 24, 107. [The Letter] to the learned and impartial reader è datata a p. 22 Donington Northorpe, near Boston, Lincolshire, My 28th, 1805. Dedica a Henry Andrews.
Interessante e rara opera monotematica che ha ad oggetto l’oroscopo di Napoleone, i cui dati di nascita furono corretti da Worsdale. L’oroscopo di Napoleone è un tema classico per gli astrologi del XIX e XX secolo: li ho elencati nella scheda n. 5481.
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Bibliografia: Gardner 1322.