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A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.

Folio 31 recto, Wellcome MS Persian 466.

A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.

The pains of gout could be eased by boiling rosemary leaves and tying them, wrapped in linen, round the afflicted members. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. Radford : 'Zyloric' Allopurinol.

A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.

'Actifed' Compound Linctus.

A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.

The egg story : 6 / [British Egg Information Service].

Folio 41r, Wellcome MS Persian 466.

Graeco-Roman phallic amulet

Histoire curieuse et pittoresque des sorciers, devins, magiciens, astrologues, voyants, revenants, âmes en peine, vampires, spectres, fantômes, apparitions, visions, gnomes, lutins, esprits malins, sorts jetés, exorcismes, etc., etc., etc. : depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours / par le réverend père dominicain Mathias de Giraldo, ancien exorciste de l'Inquisition.

The mysteries of all nations : rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions : together with strange customs, fables, and tales ... / by James Grant.

Natural causes and supernatural seemings / by Henry Maudsley.

An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.

A postcard with a pressed sprig of Edeilweiss and ribbon of Belgium flag, saluting the Belgium soldiers. Pressed flower on card.

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The mysteries of all nations : rise and progress of superstition, laws against and trials of witches, ancient and modern delusions : together with strange customs, fables, and tales ... / by James Grant.

Natural causes and supernatural seemings / by Henry Maudsley.

An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.

A postcard with a pressed sprig of Edeilweiss and ribbon of Belgium flag, saluting the Belgium soldiers. Pressed flower on card.