New fortune book, or Conjurer's guide; the only real fortune-teller.

Conjurer's guide

The only real fortune-teller

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

1840-1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/

24 pages

16 cm

'132' is printed at the foot of the title page

supernatural & ghost stories

This chapbook presents a variety of reputed fortune-telling and divination methods, including the reading of cards, the significance of the presence and placement of moles upon the body, dream interpretation, palm reading, and physiognomy. Predictions are usually gendered and tend to focus on aspects such as health, marriage, wealth, sex, and love. The final page includes a short poem that suggests to the reader that all means of fortune-telling are found in this book, followed by instructions for how to conduct card-readings, including an Anglo-Norman incantation to recite while doing so (“Honi soit qui mal y pense”).

Courtship and Marriage

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario

1840-1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/

JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.

In the public domain; For higher quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413

English

Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada