Probabilities (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft Cover. Zustand: Good. Softcovers; ex-library; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of corners of wraps and leaves; o/w in good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Punktir Kunst. (Geomantics) [Germanic country, no printer or date c1870]. Folio. [16] lithographed plates printed on one side only including title in decorative alphabetic lettering made up of woods and plants, a plate headed 'Oraculum geomanticum' in similar lettering above a large diagramatic bord comprising 16 exotic numerals and a pattern of plant alphabet letters arranged 16 by 16 surrounded by a Greek geometric border (16.5 x 18.5 cm), 14 pages arranged in alphabetical order A R, each headed with a highly decorative engraved letter of the alphabet growing from green plants, each containing 16 questions on a variety of subjects together with their codes made up of dots, 4 blank leaves. Contemporary grey cloth ornamented in blind; edges and corners scuffed. A rare lithographed esoteric handbook on coding, secret writing, and fortune-telling based on a geomantic system of making strokes in four rows to be re-arranged in dots to form various patterns or dotted codes which can be interpreted to predict the future and probabilities. The art of making dots to create a geomantic oracle stems from mediaeval Latin translations of Arabic texts. The pseudo-science is thought to originate in North Africa with markings and patterns on sand or stones. Geomancy became a popular method of fortune telling during the Renaissance; its derivative 'Punktier Kunst' was a very fashionable German pastime for young people during the 18th and 19t centuries. Binding and fly leaves with traces of waterstaining, but contents clean and well preserved.…