mazzoni pamphlet exhibit

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Printed in 1669, this little book was a fortune-telling game "In which, through verses grouped by mathematical principles, it gives the answers to many curious questions." The title page goes on to explain that the game is for "passing time in honourable conversation between Ladies and Knights." Note the circular design in whose center the spinner was inserted; it has obviously been used quite a bit by its owners!


A project of The Digital Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University. December 1996
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mazzoni/exhibit/