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The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf , [approximately 1850]
- Title(s):
- 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.
- Additional Title(s):
- Living leaf
- Published/Created:
- [England?] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1850]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsBF1874 .C456 1850 BoxYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14059518
- Classification:
- Books
- 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.
BAC: British Art Center copy torn at top. Lacks 'sensitive' leaf.
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]. - Subject Terms:
- Fortune-telling.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Pseudoscience.Sympathy (Physiology)
- Form/Genre:
- Ephemera.
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