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The true fortune-teller or, guide to knowledge. Discovering the whole art of chiromancy, physiognomy, metoposcopy, and astrology.

J. S. · 1698 · London : Printed for E. Tracy ..., 1698. · 1 picture

A 1698 London fortune-telling guide by J. S., printed for E. Tracy, covering chiromancy, physiognomy, metoposcopy and astrology for a popular readership. The woodcut shows a bearded man's face in close frontal view, with heavy brows, deep-set eyes, a furrowed forehead and shaded hair, a model for hatching and contour lines on faces and character portraits.

Fortune-telling

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