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Raphael's witch!!! or the oracle of the future / by the author of the Prophetic Messenger, with ten coloured designs on copper by R. Cruikshank and the author, and a piece of music by Blewitt.

Robert Cross Smith, Isaac Robert Cruikshank, Jonathan Blewitt · 1831 · London : William Charlton Wright, 1831. · 7 pictures

Raphael's Witch, or the Oracle of the Future is a London fortune-telling book published by William Charlton Wright in 1831, written by Robert Cross Smith with coloured copper designs by R. Cruikshank and a piece of music by Blewitt, aimed at popular readers of astrological prophecy. Its pictures are astrological horoscope charts with zodiac glyphs and planetary symbols, a heraldic royal arms with the motto Dieu et mon droit, and a costumed seer with a book and wand beside clients, which suggest period engraved ornament for designers working on occult or Regency themes.

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