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librarycompany: “ We’re bringing a little divination to this Publishers’ Binding Thursday. The Ladies’ Diadem, or, Starry Oracles (1847) measures just 4.5 inches tall and contains the name of a star for each day of the year, accompanied by a...

librarycompany:

We’re bringing a little divination to this Publishers’ Binding Thursday. The Ladies’ Diadem, or, Starry Oracles (1847) measures just 4.5 inches tall and contains the name of a star for each day of the year, accompanied by a “poetical prophecy”. The star for today, February 16, is Mebusta, from the constellation of Gemini, and the accompanying prophecy reads “There lives more life in one of thy fair eyes, / Than all the poets can in praise devise.” 

This little books features a lovely gold-stamped crown surrounded by gold stars and blind-stamped decoration on faded red cloth.

Browse the Library Company’s database of 19th-Century Cloth Bindings to see more!

1847, The ladies’ diadem, or, Starry oracles; in which each day in the year is designated by a star and a poetical prophesy or description. Lowell : Milton Bonney.

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