The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.
Alternate Title(s):
Living leaf
Published / Created:
[England?] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14059518
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Handbill describing a parlour entertainment. The Chinese sensitive leaves were small pieces of thin material that when placed into someone's hand would react by curling in a way that would reveal the constitution of the person.
Subject Terms:
Fortune-telling. | Sympathy (Physiology) | Pseudoscience. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.