McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The Norwood gipsy's fortune teller. London : W.S. Fortey, [between 1860 and 1885]

Publisher:

W.S. Fortey, [between 1860 and 1885]

Notes:

First sentence: "In the first place, take a pack of Cards and shuffle them well three times over, and make your significator which queen you please (if a lady perform the operation herself, or a king if a gentleman); then proceed to lay them on a table, nine in a row, and wherever you find yourself placed, count nine cards every way, not forgetting your said significator, and then you will see what cards your significator comes in company with, and whatever it is, so it will happen to you."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Date range taken from P. A. H. Brown's London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 68.
Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Blue pictorial paper wrappers. Hand-coloured cut on title page.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 19 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Occult

Call Number:

PN970 F6 N6 1860 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7389

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_F6_N6_1860_DUP