THE NATIONAL DREAM BOOK: CONTAINING FULL, PLAIN, AND ACCURATE EXPLANATIONS OF FORTUNE-TELLING BY DREAMS, VISIONS, AND REVERIES
Book Details + Condition: W. Nicholson and Sons (London, UK), 1877. Hardcover. 285 pages. Scarce. Hardcover with dark green boards, with gilt on front. Measures 6-3/4" x 4.5". Volume by the celebrated Madame Camille le Normand, "The Modern Sibyl," on fortune-telling and clairvoyance by analyzing dreams from a Spiritualist perspective. Subtitled "The only reliable treatise upon that most useful and marvelous art (consulted by the renowned Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte) together with an anecdotal account of remarkable visions and apparitions, and a general dictionary of the signification of dreams and visions." Topics, divided by chapter, include dreams on body parts, plants, animals, celestial bodies, odors, health and diseases, and more specific subjects including capital punishment, rainbows, drunkards, and musical instruments. Features illustrations throughout. Tight binding; rubbed corners and edges; light shelf wear to boards, with some smudging and darkening to spine; normal age-toned pages; interior is clean and free of markings.
