The Oracle, Book of Fate: A Circa 1800 Printed Fan,...
Lot Description:
The Oracle, Book of Fate: A Circa 1800 Printed Fan, the monture of plain, darkly stained wood. The double paper leaf is printed and hand coloured on both sides. In the centre, a wheel of fortune, divided into numbered sections. Above are two winged figures in the clouds, holding between them a banner proclaiming "Oracle". To each side are 5 numbered sections each containing 10 names of the Gods, differing order in each column, and four other texts, one entitled "Queftions (sic), the others "Explication", Example" and again "Queftions" (sic). To the verso, 10 coloured depictions of the Gods with the attributes linked to them (such as Mercury wearing his winged helmet) and underneath each God, texts proclaiming the reader's fate. Guard length 9.75 inches or 25cm
See Shreiber No. 64, that example being "Pub. accord to Act Jan 1, 1800 by Cock, Crowder and Co, Cheapside, London"
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. To the right of the leaf, a 4-inch dark brown vertical stain. Also seen on the verso. To the left, slight tear to the top paper layer where a rib pokes through and another, but lighter and smaller, area of discoloration. The fan is however sound, and most can be read without difficulty.
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Lot Description:
The Oracle, Book of Fate: A Circa 1800 Printed Fan, the monture of plain, darkly stained wood. The double paper leaf is printed and hand coloured on both sides. In the centre, a wheel of fortune, divided into numbered sections. Above are two winged figures in the clouds, holding between them a banner proclaiming "Oracle". To each side are 5 numbered sections each containing 10 names of the Gods, differing order in each column, and four other texts, one entitled "Queftions (sic), the others "Explication", Example" and again "Queftions" (sic). To the verso, 10 coloured depictions of the Gods with the attributes linked to them (such as Mercury wearing his winged helmet) and underneath each God, texts proclaiming the reader's fate. Guard length 9.75 inches or 25cm
See Shreiber No. 64, that example being "Pub. accord to Act Jan 1, 1800 by Cock, Crowder and Co, Cheapside, London"
Condition Report:
. To the right of the leaf, a 4-inch dark brown vertical stain. Also seen on the verso. To the left, slight tear to the top paper layer where a rib pokes through and another, but lighter and smaller, area of discoloration. The fan is however sound, and most can be read without difficulty.
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