SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY - 1840 SUPERSTITIONS HOAX FRAUD ASTROLOGY illustrated by Kate Greenaway

illustrated by Kate Greenaway

1876 A Novel GORE VIDAL 1st London Edition 1st Printing

Hildegarde: Her Visions

and front cover

SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY - 1840 SUPERSTITIONS HOAX FRAUD ASTROLOGY illustrated by Kate GreenawaySKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY Book Details + Condition: Bradbury & Evans (London). Second Edition, 1840. 368 pages. Hardcover. Measures 6. 5"x4. 5". Written by Richard A. Davenport as a guide to the many frauds and delusions of the time. Chapters include "Hindoo and Other Oriental Superstitions,"The South Sea Bubble," Medical Delusions and Fraud," and more. Frontispiece of Joan of Arc. Marked as property of Indianapolis Public