Tetrabiblos

PTOLEMY'S TETRABIBLOS

OR

QUADRIPARTITE

BEING

FOUR BOOKS

OF THE

INFLUENCE OF THE STARS

NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK PARAPHRASE OF PROCLUS

WITH

A PREFACE, EXPLANATORY NOTES

AND

AN APPENDIX

CONTAINING

EXTRACTS FROM THE ALMAGEST OF PTOLEMY

AND THE WHOLE OF HIS

CENTILOQUY

TOGETHER WITH

A Short Notice of Mr. Ranger's Zodiacal Planisphere

AND AN EXPLANATORY PLATE

By J. M. ASHMAND

NEW EDITION

"Ye stars, which are the poetry of Heaven! If, in your bright leaves, we would read the fate Of men and empires,--’tis to be forgiven." LORD BYRON.

London, Davis and Dickson

[1822]

NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION

Scanned at [www.sacred-texts.com], March 2005. John Bruno Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain worldwide. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.

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TO THE

AUTHOR OF "WAVERLEY"

THIS TRANSLATION

OF A

WORK CONTAINING THE BEST ACCREDITED PRINCIPLES

OF

ASTROLOGY

IS DEDICATED

With the most profound admiration of his unrivalled Talents

WHICH COULD ALONE HAVE RESTORED

INTEREST TO THE SPECULATIONS

OF AN

ANTIQUATED SCIENCE