A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.

Zimbabwe: a fortune-teller 'reading' some bones. Photograph, ca. 1905.

A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].

Reverse page, An almanack ... for the year 1562

Persian magical chart, framed

Portents of death and destruction. Gouache, ca. 1910 (?).

The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth of York) in 1503. Etching with engraving, 1784.

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