TEA-CUP READING AND THE ART OF FORTUNE-TELLING BY TEA-LEAVES
Book Details + Condition: George Sully and Co. (New York). Early Edition, 1915 (nd). Hardcover. 94 pages. "With explanatory illustrations by a Highland Seer." Centuries-old wisdom by a Scottish Highland diviner on how to read and interpret tea leaves. Originally written in 1881, it contains a list of omens, both good and bad, many of which may be familiar. Chapters include:
- Introduction to the Art of Divination from Tea-Leaves
- Ritual and Method of Using the Teacup
- General Principles To Be Observed in Reading the Cup
- An Alphabetical List of Symbols with Their Significations
- Specimen Cups, with Interpretations
- Omens
An overall firm and clean copy of a very scarce edition, with rubbed and scuffed corners and edges; wear to boards, with some discoloration and old marking present; binding tape to spine; missing ffep; interior is clean and free of markings, save a few pages with (very!) old water stains.
