Mysteres de la Main - 1874

A landmark historical text on palmistry and the occult. It was written by the famous French chiromancer Adolphe Desbarrolles.While Desbarrolles originally published his groundbreaking work on hand analysis in 1859, the 1874 edition represents the massive, definitive expansion of his system featuring approximately 500 explanatory diagrams and illustrations. Leather and marble board/pages. Wonderful condition.