A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.

Indian fortune-teller with client. Gouache drawing.

A Turkish oracle; the torture wheel of Pope Pius VI. Engraving.

Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.

Br̥hatsāmudrikaśāstra / strīpuruṣalakṣaṇa,Paṇḍitanārāyaṇaprasādamiśrakr̥tabhāṣāṭīkāsahita.

A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.

The book of knowledge; treating of the wisdom of the ancients. In four parts. I Shewing the various and wonderful operations of the signs and planets ... II. Prognostications for ever, necessary to keep the body in health ... III. An abstract of the art of physiognomy and palmestry ... IV. The farmer's kalendar ... / Written by Errapater ... Made English by W. Lilley ... To which is added, The dealer's directory; containing, 1. The true form of all sorts of bills, bonds ... 2. The best method of getting in debts ... 3. An account of weights, measures, numbers, coins.

A fortune-teller reading a gentleman's palm. Engraving by B. Audran after Michelangelo Merisi, il Caravaggio, 1729.

A fortune-teller is reading the palm of a woman with little girl on her lap. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Reynolds, 1786.

A young woman dressed in white faints after hearing the predictions of a fortune-teller. Engraving by L.S. (?) L'Empereur after H. van Gorp, 1800/1810.

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Libro de ruedas y diferentes curiosidades. The first part is concerned with various forms of astrological and other methods of fortune-telling by means of circular diagrams. This is followed by notes on ancient music and ancient musical instruments: at the end are a few household and medical receipts.

Paper; 1 volume 12mo; dimensions: diameter 10 cm, length 15 cm

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The Dutch fortune-teller : discovering XXXVI several questions which old and young, married-men and women, batchelors and maids, delight to be resolved of / brought into England by John Booker.

Pūcārikaḷ kuṟicollukiṟa cāstiraṅkaḷ Maturai I. Rāma. Kurucāmikkōṉār avarkaḷāl tiraṭṭiya Putiya kōṭāṅkimālai : iraṇṭām pākam / Maturai putumaṇṭapam pustakaṣāp Kuru. Irāmacāmik Kōṉ avarkaḷāṟṟamatu ... patippikkap peṟṟatu.

Manual of chiromancy and physiognomy, giving practical instructions for reading palms and faces. With brief notes on various other topics, including health, death, music, virtue, heresy etc. The manuscript contains five diagrams of hands (ff. 6v.-7r., 36r., 42r.), one of a face (f. 20r.), and various other sketches and tables, some of astrological significance. Produced in France.

108 ff. (original foliation 1-95, 97-103 and unnumbered) 1 vol., 170 × 105 mm. Mottled calf boards; spine gilt-stamped and lettered 'chiromancie'.

Chiromancy, France, 17th century

Ex Cabbula Hugo Mirandolani denudata per diametrum: in Italian. The approximate date is perhaps given in the specimen question on p. 13 'An Franciscus de Leone hodie die Veneris septima mensis Junii 1658 est vivus ...?'.

1 volume 110 pp. + 2 ll. 4to. 24 1/2 × 18 1/2 cm. Modern vellum binding. Some corners damaged. Half-title, title, p. 67, 68 in gold and colours. Text headings and tables in red and black, text within pen-drawn rules. There are 6 tables in red and black, of which 4 are folding.

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The Dutch fortune-teller : discovering XXXVI several questions which old and young, married-men and women, batchelors and maids, delight to be resolved of / brought into England by John Booker.

Pūcārikaḷ kuṟicollukiṟa cāstiraṅkaḷ Maturai I. Rāma. Kurucāmikkōṉār avarkaḷāl tiraṭṭiya Putiya kōṭāṅkimālai : iraṇṭām pākam / Maturai putumaṇṭapam pustakaṣāp Kuru. Irāmacāmik Kōṉ avarkaḷāṟṟamatu ... patippikkap peṟṟatu.

Chiromancy, France, 17th century

Mirandolanus, Hugo

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The Dutch fortune-teller : discovering XXXVI several questions which old and young, married-men and women, batchelors and maids, delight to be resolved of / brought into England by John Booker.

Pūcārikaḷ kuṟicollukiṟa cāstiraṅkaḷ Maturai I. Rāma. Kurucāmikkōṉār avarkaḷāl tiraṭṭiya Putiya kōṭāṅkimālai : iraṇṭām pākam / Maturai putumaṇṭapam pustakaṣāp Kuru. Irāmacāmik Kōṉ avarkaḷāṟṟamatu ... patippikkap peṟṟatu.

Chiromancy, France, 17th century

Mirandolanus, Hugo

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