190 leaves : 310 x 198 (268 x 159) mm. bound to 320 x 218 mmPaper, 190 leaves; [i-vi], 1-374; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; modern pagination in pencil, lower outer corners. Catchwords on all pages, lower right recto.Written in 30-37 long lines; text block outlined in lead.Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.Diagram for the interpretation of moles, with numbered moles marked in ink on a pencil sketch of a face and neck (p. 253); pencil sketch of mnemonic hand with letters (p. 263); diagram in ink of hand with signs and instructions for palm reading (p. 265).Diagram, p. 253Diagram, p. 263Diagram, p. 265
Contemporary paneled calf (Gedge).
Probably written in England, after 1695 (latest date noted in table of contents, p. v).
after 1695England?Inscription of former owner or possibly compiler: J. Wallace Jr., No. 56 (p. ii).Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Mundesley, England), cat. 9 (2010), no. 128.Anecdotes--Early works to 1800Christian life--Meditations--Early works to 1800English poetry--17th centuryGeography--Early works to 1800Mnemonics--Early works to 1850Society of Friends--Apologetic works--Early works to 1800Palmistry--Early works to 1850CodicesAbridgementsExcerptsPoemsPrayersTreatisesManuscripts, English--17th centuryManuscripts, English--18th centuryManuscripts, European