1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 2 printed 'sensitive' leaves.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14060386
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Handbill describing parlour entertainment accompanied by two 'sensitive' leaves of a male and female oriental figures in red and black. The Chinese sensitive leaves were small pieces of thin material that when placed into someone's hand would react by curling in a way that would reveal the constitution of the person.
Subject Terms:
Fortune-telling. | Sympathy (Physiology) | Pseudoscience. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.