Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
NOSTRADAMUS, MICHEL DE. The True Prophecies or Prognostications. French text of the Prophéties with English translation and commentary by Theophilus Garencières. Engraved frontispiece depicting the author and translator. [36], 522 pages. Folio, 301x191 mm, old calf, rebacked, free endpapers renewed; contents lightly browned, few small stains on title. 19th-century armorial bookplate of Charles Hoare. London: Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672

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first complete edition in english of the 16th-century French seer's quatrains supposedly predicting a multitude of historical events, including the JFK assassination, 9/11, and the rise of Trump. Chomarat C259; Benazra, page 246; Wing N1399.