The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Published / Created:
London : Sold by Charles Cheese 83, Union Street, [approximately 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
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:14060133
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Handbill describing parlour entertainment accompanied by one 'sensitive' leaf of a soldier with a sabre. 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.
