McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The Universal fortune teller : being sure and certain directions for discovering the secrets of futurity. London : W.S. Fortey, 2 and 3 Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, [between 1860 and 1885]

Contributor:

Fortey, W. S. (William Samuel), publisher.

Publisher:

W.S. Fortey, 2 and 3 Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, [between 1860 and 1885]

Notes:

Undated. Date from publisher's years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 68.
Cover title.
Illustration of cover.
First sentence: "To pour out the Tea or Coffee Grounds - Pour the grounds of tea of coffee into a white cup, shake them well about in it so that their particles may cover the surface of the whole cup; then reverse it into the saucer, that all the superfluous parts may be drained, and the figures required for fortune-telling be formed."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Green pictorial wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 19 x 11 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Fortune-telling.

Genre/Form:

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

Chapbook Category:

Occult

Call Number:

PN970 F6 U65 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=7390

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_F6_U65_1860