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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
Title
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.
Publication
[England?] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1850]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy torn at top. Lacks 'sensitive' leaf.
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.
"Price sixpence."
"Vivat Regina En Princeps."
Woodcut of Royal Arms at top.
Summary
Early accounts of the same phenomenon include: A curious discovery: an account of the remarkable sympathetic power of the Chinese sensitive leaf, invented by Jan Pertista Chaseicto. Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Pierie no. 51, Market-Street, [between 1807 and 1815].
Variant and related titles
Living leaf
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2019
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Ephemera.
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