1676 KEY to WHOLE ART of ASTROLOGY in ENGLISH by Henry Coley ANTIQUE illustrated

Henry Coley (1633-1695?)

Clavis Astrologiae Elimata:
Or a Key to the Whole Art of Astrology New Filed and Polished


London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke and Thomas Sawbridge, 1676


Octavo, 

3 parts in one with divisional title pages;

illustrated with text woodcuts including a volvelle with the moving disc tacked down with sealing wax on C1 verso;
16 full-page engraved plates extraneous to collation in the first part;
and one engraved portrait bound pages 576 and 577;


some paper faults; toning to contents;


bound in full later calf, spine with raised bands and gilt title.

Wing C-5099 ; ESTC R39993

Coley worked closely with William Lilly, acting as his scribe after Lilly suffered some sort of illness in 1677. Coley became Lilly's literary successor, continuing the tradition of writing horoscopes and predictions based on the stars, in addition to writing and publishing Lilly's Merlin almanac.

Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.

Size 4 3/4 by 7 1/2 in.

Text in English
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Henry Coley (18 October 1633 – 30 April 1704) was an astrologer and mathematician, and amanuensis of William Lilly.

In 1669 Coley published Clavis Astrologiæ Elimata; or a Key to the whole Art of Astrology, new filed and polished. It was well received.
A second and enlarged edition was published in 1676; it was dedicated to Elias Ashmole, and included a tribute by William Lilly.
In 1672, following the success of Clavis, he published the first number of his almanac, and it appeared annually until his death
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