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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Punktir Kunst. (Geomantics). [Secret coding to predict the future & probabilities][Germanic country, no printer or date c1870]. Folio. [16] lithographed plates printed on one side only including title in decorative alphabetic lettering made up of woods and plants, a plate headed Oraculum geomanticum in similar lettering above a large diagramatic bord comprising 16 exotic numerals and a pattern of plant alphabet letters arranged 16 by 16 surrounded by a Greek geometric border (16.5 x 18.5 cm), 14 pages arranged in alphabetical order A R, each headed with a highly decorative engraved letter of the alphabet growing from green plants, each containing 16 questions on a variety of subjects together with their codes made up of dots, 4 blank leaves. Contemporary grey cloth ornamented in blind; edges and corners scuffed. A rare lithographed esoteric handbook on the art of making up a code, or secret writing, to assess probabilities and predict the future. It is based on a geomantic system of making strokes in four rows to be re-arranged in dots to form various patterns or dotted codes which can be interpreted for fortune telling and probabilities. The art of making dots to create a geomantic oracle was handed down from mediaeval Latin translations of Arabic texts. The pseudo-science is thought to originate in North Africa with markings and patterns on sand or stones. Geomancy became a popular method of fortune telling during the Renaissance, and its derivative Punktier Kunst was a fashionable German pastime for young people during the 18th and 19th centuries. Binding and fly leaves with traces of waterstaining, but contents clean and well preserved.