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Sir George Wharton. Line engraving by D. Loggan, 1661, after himself.

Sir George Wharton. Line engraving.

Mercurius cœlicus: or, a caveat to all people of the kingdome : that now have, or shall hereafter happen to reade the counterfeit, and most pernicious pamphlet written under the name of Navvorth: or, A new almanacke, and prognostication for the yeare of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ 1644. (Said in the title page thereof to be) printed at Oxford by His Majesties Command.

Anglicus, peace, or no peace, 1645 : a probable conjecture of the state of England, and the present differences betwixt His Majestie and the Parliament of England now sitting at Westminster, for this present yeer, 1645, an exact ephemeris of the daily motions of the planets : with an easie introduction to the use thereof, monethly-observations, a table of houses, and explanations thereof : to which is added, a modest reply to M. Wharton, and the prognostication of his present almanak printed at Oxford, for 1645 / by William Lilly.

Mercurius cœlicus: or, a caveat to all people of the kingdome : that now have, or shall hereafter happen to reade the counterfeit, and most pernicious pamphlet written under the name of Naworth: or, A new almanacke, and prognostication for the yeare of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ 1644. (Said in the title page thereof to be) printed at Oxford by His Majesties Command.

The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, bar. Collected into one entire volume / By John Gadbury.

[Keiromantia sic]: or, the art of divining by the lines and signatures engraven in the hand of man .... Wherein you have the secret concordance, and harmony betwixt it, and astrology, made evident in 19 genitures. Together with a ... discourse of the soul of the world .... / Written originally in Latine ... and now faithfully Englished, by Geo. Wharton.

The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, bar : Collected into one entire volume. By John Gadbury, student in physick and astrology.

Hemeroscopeion anni æræ Christianæ, 1654. The first part. The latter part, Wherein you have the names, genus, species, efficient and final causes of all comets ... the astronomical calculations respectig the meridian and latitude of Kirkby-Kendall... / By Geo. Wharton, Esq.

Merlini Anglici errata : Or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Master Lilly's new ephemeris for the yeare 1647. Discovered, refuted, and corrected. By C. George Wharton, student in astronomy.

Calendarium ecclesiasticum, or, A new almanack after the old fashion, for the commune yeare of man's creation-5606, redemption-1657 : being the first from the bissextile : to which is added, Gesta Britannorum, or, A briefe chronologie for 56 yeares last past, viz. from the yeare 1600 (in which the late K. Charls was born) until the present 1657 / George Wharton.

Mercurio-coelico mastix. Or an anti-caveat to all such, as have ... had the misfortune to be cheated ... by ... John Booker. In answer to a ... pamphlet of his ... intituled Mercurius-coelicus ... which ... is hereunto prefix'ed / By G. Naworth [i.e. Wharton].

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Works

The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, bar : Collected into one entire volume. By John Gadbury, student in physick and astrology.

Hemeroscopeion anni æræ Christianæ, 1654. The first part. The latter part, Wherein you have the names, genus, species, efficient and final causes of all comets ... the astronomical calculations respectig the meridian and latitude of Kirkby-Kendall... / By Geo. Wharton, Esq.

Merlini Anglici errata : Or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Master Lilly's new ephemeris for the yeare 1647. Discovered, refuted, and corrected. By C. George Wharton, student in astronomy.

Mercurio-coelico mastix. Or an anti-caveat to all such, as have ... had the misfortune to be cheated ... by ... John Booker. In answer to a ... pamphlet of his ... intituled Mercurius-coelicus ... which ... is hereunto prefix'ed / By G. Naworth [i.e. Wharton].

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Sir George Wharton, 1st Baronet

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Works

The works of that late most excellent philosopher and astronomer, Sir George Wharton, bar : Collected into one entire volume. By John Gadbury, student in physick and astrology.

Hemeroscopeion anni æræ Christianæ, 1654. The first part. The latter part, Wherein you have the names, genus, species, efficient and final causes of all comets ... the astronomical calculations respectig the meridian and latitude of Kirkby-Kendall... / By Geo. Wharton, Esq.

Merlini Anglici errata : Or, The errors, mistakes, and mis-applications of Master Lilly's new ephemeris for the yeare 1647. Discovered, refuted, and corrected. By C. George Wharton, student in astronomy.

Mercurio-coelico mastix. Or an anti-caveat to all such, as have ... had the misfortune to be cheated ... by ... John Booker. In answer to a ... pamphlet of his ... intituled Mercurius-coelicus ... which ... is hereunto prefix'ed / By G. Naworth [i.e. Wharton].

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