Jeremias Drexel's 'Christian Zodiac'

First published in 1622, Jeremias Drexel''s ''Zodiacus christianus'' (or ''Christian Zodiac'') was a remarkable work of religious iconography and spiritual self-help. Raised a Lutheran but converting to Catholicism in his youth, Drexel (1581-1638) was well placed to publish a book that appealed to Protestants as well as Catholics, his ''Zodiac'' appearing in multiple reprints, re-editions and tran...