La Roue de Fortune, Par Laquelle on Peut Apprendre de L'astrologie le Bonheur ou le Malheur Qu'on Doit Attendre Dans le Monde (Wheel of Fortune, By Which One Can Learn From Astrology The Happiness Or Woe To Expect In The World)

nd. Boards. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (18 x 24.5 cm), red boards with damp stain on front and back. Hand stitched, front hinge is weak, label that went around spine is still on front and back but missing part from spine. Covers are warped. Manuscript book written in French. Title is not on book but is written on a slip of paper laid inside the front cover. 76 hand written and hand ruled pages including fold-out entitled: "Le Nombre des 36 questions." Sections numbered 1--36 have the names of planets, stars, and constellations. Each section has 18 answers. Some answers seem to be directed to children, such as: "Vous ete un bon enfant, vous aimes á etre long tems á Sable, long tems au lit, et tres peu á L'Eglise." ("You are a good child, you like to be a long time in Sand, a long time in bed, and very little in the Church.") Others seem directed at adults and some are sad fortunes. Undated, circa 18th or 19th century. Fair. Item #938

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