Aristotle's legacy: or, his golden cabinet of secrets opened. In five treatices 1. The wheel of fortune. 2. The art of Palmestry. 3. A treatise of moles 4. The interpreter of dreams. 5. Observations on fortunate and unfortunate days. With many other secrets and experiments, never before published. To which is added, a compleat book of riddles. 1. The fortune teller, or knowledge of good & bad fortune, ... 7. Also the best and most powerful receipt for making love powder. To which are added twenty merry and pleasant riddles, with their solutions or explanations: the whole illustrated throughout with curious cuts, proper to each particular: being the best, most exact, and accomplished book of this nature.

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Aristotle's legacy: or, his golden cabinet of secrets opened. In five treatices 1. The wheel of fortune. 2. The art of Palmestry. 3. A treatise of moles 4. The interpreter of dreams. 5. Observations on fortunate and unfortunate days. With many other secrets and experiments, never before published. To which is added, a compleat book of riddles. 1. The fortune teller, or knowledge of good & bad fortune, ... 7. Also the best and most powerful receipt for making love powder. To which are added twenty merry and pleasant riddles, with their solutions or explanations: the whole illustrated throughout with curious cuts, proper to each particular: being the best, most exact, and accomplished book of this nature.
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[London] :: Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge,
[1699]
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"Aristotle's legacy: or, his golden cabinet of secrets opened. In five treatices 1. The wheel of fortune. 2. The art of Palmestry. 3. A treatise of moles 4. The interpreter of dreams. 5. Observations on fortunate and unfortunate days. With many other secrets and experiments, never before published. To which is added, a compleat book of riddles. 1. The fortune teller, or knowledge of good & bad fortune, ... 7. Also the best and most powerful receipt for making love powder. To which are added twenty merry and pleasant riddles, with their solutions or explanations: the whole illustrated throughout with curious cuts, proper to each particular: being the best, most exact, and accomplished book of this nature." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A75577.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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Aristotle's Legacy: OR, HIS Golden CABINET of Secrets Opened. IN Five Treatices.

  • 1. The Wheel of For∣tune.
  • 2 The Art of Palmestry
  • 3. A Treatise of Moles
  • 4. The Interpreter of Dreams.
  • 5. Observations on Fortunate and Un∣fortunate days.

With many other Secrets and Experiments, never before Published. To which is Added, A Compleat Book of RIDDLES.

1. The fortune-teller, or Knowledge of good & bad fortune, by throwing the Dice on the Wheel of Fortune. 2. By Palmestry, as the Lines or Marks in the Hand. 3. By Phisog∣nomy, or the several parts of the Face, and Head; as Eyes, Nose, Chin, Hair, &c. By Metopos∣copy, as the several Lines and Marks in the Forehead, and other parts of the Face: With Marks, and sacred Characters, and all other matters, relating to long or short life, Love, Business: The Humours and Dispositions of the Partys, and how they are Enclin'd. 4. A Treatise of Moles, and their significations, on the Face, or any part of the Body. The like of Dreams and their inter∣pretation; more exact than ever. 5. Observations on Valentines day, St. Agnes day, and upon the first hearing the Cuckoo, as they particularly relate to Love and Marriage: by which a Maid or Widdow may know whether her sweet-heart be true or false, in earnest or in jest; when Married, and if Fortunate or Unfortunate, in Wedlock. 6. To know whether a pure Virgin or not: How to make an Enchanted Ring, to make any who wears it, to fall in love with you. 7. Also the best and most powerful Receipt for making Love Powder. To which are Added twenty Mer∣ry and Pleasant Riddles, with their Solutions or Explanations: The whole illustrated throughout with Curious Cuts, proper to each particular: Being the best, most exact, and accomplished Book of this Nature.

Translated into English by Dr. Borman, Student in Astrology.

Licensed according to Order.

Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge.

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