Bardy, François Henri (1634- )

Thèmes célestes. Paraphé suivant l'intendance [?] de François Henry Bardy de Villedeux [?] de ce jour 11 octobre 1701 [Signé] M. de Voyer d'Argenson. Lettered on spine 'Thèmes célestes.' Illustrated by pen-drawn horoscopic diagrams. On the fly-leaf 'Ce livre a etté sauvé des flammes de la Bastille, le 14 juillet 1789 le jour de St. Bonneaventure par moi Isaac Durand'. The MS. contains horoscopes of most of the celebrities, mainly French, of the second half of the 17th century. The first horoscope is perhaps that of the compiler who is there stated to have been born 28/3/1634: his name is written above the figure. Among the other horoscopes of eminent persons of the 17th century, the following may be mentioned: Mr de Sangermain [sic] médecin (perhaps Guillaume de Saintgermain [1653-1705]); Mr [Antoine de Caen, docteur en médecine [1630- ]; Mr L'Anglois, Astronome et directeur du St. Esprit [1614- ]; Le frère Ange, Capucin médicin [1630- ], the empiric. Marc René de Voyer d'Argenson [1652-1721] was Lieutenant Général de Police à Paris.

1701

1 volume 86 ll. 4to. 20 x 131/2 cm. Original mottled calf binding. Margins cropped.

Purchased 1930.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).