A publishing name across editions
Wellcome’s catalogue identifies Robert Cross Smith with the Raphael name on A Manual of Astrology and The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century. Smith lived from 1795 to 1832. His name became part of a continuing astrological publishing tradition, and later books require attention to their own dates and credits.
The Book of Fate held here was issued by W. Foulsham in 1887. Its title promises answers to questions about present and future circumstances. The printed Raphael byline links it to that tradition, while the identity of the person responsible for this edition remains unresolved. Albert Raphael, named on the 1901 Earthology, has a separate catalogue identity in Lumitheca.
A manuscript presented by a later editor
Raphael’s Ancient Manuscript of Talismanic Magic carries a 1916 copyright and names L. W. de Laurence as editor. It presents seals, magical squares and pentacles alongside instructions and claims about their powers. The editorial credit records the intervention through which this copy reached readers. Taken together, the volumes show how an established occult name could lend authority to different forms of divination. Their uncertain authorship is part of their publication history.
