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Princeton University Press 1998 hardcover Good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
ISBN10: 0691011966, ISBN13: 9780691011967, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
Princeton University Press 1998 Hardcover Good in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A lovely crisp unmarked hardcover copy in good plus condition, rubbing to edges of boards. DJ in very good condition.
Princeton University Press. A lovely crisp unmarked hardcover copy in good plus condition, rubbing to edges of boards. DJ in very good condition. . Good. Hardcover. Date: 1998. 1998. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691011966 9780691011967 [US]
ISBN10: 0691011966, ISBN13: 9780691011967, [publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. xv, 1 leaf, 246 pp; 47 tables; 26 illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'In the second millennium b.c., Babylonian scribes assembled a vast collection of astrological omens, believed to be signs from the gods concerning the kingdom's political, military, and agricultural fortunes. The importance of these omens was such that from the eighth or seventh until the first century, the scribes observed the heavens nightly and recorded the dates and locations of ominous phenomena of the moon and planets in relation to stars and constellations. The observations were arranged in monthly reports along with notable events and prices of agricultural commodities, the object being to find correlations between phenomena in the heavens and conditions on earth. These collections of omens and observations form the first empirical science of antiquity and were the basis of the first mathematical science, astronomy. For it was discovered that planetary phenomena, although irregular and sometimes concealed by bad weather, recur in limited periods within cycles in which they are repeated on nearly the same dates and in nearly the same locations. N. M. Swerdlow's book is a study of the collection and observation of ominous celestial phenomena and of how intervals of time, locations by zodiacal sign, and cycles in whi ...
Princeton: Princeton University Press, Date: 1998. First printing. 8vo. 246 pp. Blue cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1998. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691011966 9780691011967 [US]
ISBN10: 0691011966, ISBN13: 9780691011967, [publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton] Hardcover First Edition First printing. 8vo. 246 pp. Blue cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
ISBN10: 0691011966, ISBN13: 9780691011967, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Marks a striking advance in our understanding of the origin of scientific astronomy and of the celestial divination through which the kingdoms of ancient Mesopotamia were governed. Numerous Tables & Figures. References. Index of Names. Index of Subjects. xv, 246 pp. Fine Hardcover w/ Fine dj Size: 8vo [Atlanta, GA, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
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