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Author : NOSTRADAMUS , Maître Michel
Title : Les vrayes centuries et prophéties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus, où l'on voit représenté tout ce qui s'est passé tant en France, Espagne, Italie, Allemagne, Angleterre, qu'aux autres parties du Monde. Reveues et corrigées suivant les premières éditions imprimées en Avignon en l'an 1556 & à Lyon en l'an 1558. Avec la vie de l'Auteur, & des observations sur ses prophéties.
Language : Text in French
Publisher : Amsterdam, Daniel Winkeermans, 1667.
Size : 6 "X 4 "
Pages : (22)-186 pages
Binding : Very good and attractive full calf leather binding (hinges fine, head and tail of spine chipped, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, exlibris of 17th century French Fairy Tales author Thomae Gueulette, note of a previous owner on last page, light foxing and staining  - as shown).

Estimate : (USD 900 - USD 1200)

The book : Scarce French 17th century edition of Nostradamus prophecies.

The author : Michel de Nostredame (14 December or 21 December 1503 – 2 July 1566), usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties (""The Prophecies""), the first edition of which appeared in 1555. Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted a following that, along with the popular press, credits him with predicting many major world events. Most academic sources maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus's quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so tenuous as to render them useless as evidence of any genuine predictive power. Moreover, none of the sources listed offers any evidence that anyone has ever interpreted any of Nostradamus's quatrains specifically enough to allow a clear identification of any event in advance.