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The true fortune-teller, or, Guide to knowledge

Discovering the whole art of chyromancy, physiognomy, metoposcopy, and astrology. Containing, 1. A discription of the planets, their power and influence over the bodies of men, women, and children. 2. Of the several lines, ... charracters [sic] in the hand and wrist; ... 3. Of physiognomy. ... 14. Of the good and bad days of each month relating to health. To which is added, Aristotles Observations on the heavens, their motion. Of firey meters, thunder, lightning, eclipses, commets [sic], earth-quakes, & whirl-winds

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English

Description

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of The true fortune-teller, or, Guide to knowledge (1686). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Astrology, Divination and oracles

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Astrology, fortune-telling

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Divination and oracles.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subtitle, “Astrology” in the subject metadata, and “Astrology” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Astrology”· via Open Library
    • “Astrology”· in subtitle
    • “Astrology”· in subject
    • “Astrology”· in edition subtitle
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fortune-telling”. Retained metadata contains “Physiognomy” in the subtitle, “Fortune-telling” in the subject metadata, and “Physiognomy” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Fortune-telling”· via Open Library
    • “Physiognomy”· in subtitle
    • “Fortune-telling”· in subject
    • “Physiognomy”· in edition subtitle

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Discovering the whole art of chyromancy, physiognomy, metoposcopy, and astrology. Containing, 1. A discription of the planets, their power and influence over the bodies of men, women, and children. 2. Of the several lines, ... charracters [sic] in the hand and wrist; ... 3. Of physiognomy. ... 14. Of the good and bad days of each month relating to health. To which is added, Aristotles Observations on the heavens, their motion. Of firey meters, thunder, lightning, eclipses, commets [sic], earth-quakes, & whirl-winds

Open Library record

1686printed for John Harris, at the Harrow over against the Church in the PoultryEnglish—No ebook

Subjects

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Catalog id
openlibrary-edition:OL15426020M
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