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Lot 262

High German Fortune-Teller, (The)

Estimate: $700 - $900

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High German Fortune-Teller, (The). London: Printed by and for W.O. and sold by B. Deacon, ca. 1700. Gathering of 12 leaves, unpaginated, lacking covers. 8vo. Title vignette, illustrated with woodcuts. Some marginal chips not affecting text, faint soiling at right edge. Collates same as Toole Stott 1080 but printed considerably earlier. The same publishers issued an edition of The Dutch Fortune-Teller which other bibliographers have dated circa 1690 – 1705.

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