Manual of cheirosophy &c : Correspondence. London 1885. [1884-1886]

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Manual of cheirosophy &c : Correspondence. London 1885. [1884-1886]

Bound collection of 27 autograph letters written to Edward Heron-Allen on receipt of gift copies of his books Codex chiromantia and Manual of cheirosophy. Correspondents represent a wide range of people in the literary and scientific worlds, and letters are dated 1884-1886.

[102] p., bound ; 19 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419882

University of California, Los Angeles

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