Cheiro's Guide to the Hand, 1900 Hardcover tea caddy looking on safely from below

looking on safely from below

and with a wonderful face that gives him a bit of a seal-like aspect

little plant in a basket between them

This deck has plain backs of a pretty cornflower blue

Cheiro's Guide to the Hand, 1900 Hardcover tea caddy looking on safely from belowWell, according to Cheiro, there is not much that can't be determined by reading one's hand, and I must say that this book makes for fascinating if most of the time ridiculous! reading. Clues to one's fate are extracted here not just from the palm, but also from every aspect of the hand, from shape to fingers to fingernails! A handful of diagrams assist with readings, and then at the back an appendix with Cheiro praising quotes from various esteemed