Predictions of the Gaulish Sybil

Prédictions de la Sibyle Gauloise, Mission de la Druidesse. Vaste Empire fondé et mal affermi. Guerres au dehors, troubles intérieurs. Fautes et revers. Anarchie et servitude. Nouvelle révolution. [Unfinished]. The 'Sibyle Gauloise' is probably Marie Anne Adelaïde Lenormand [1772-1843] whose predictions at the time of the Congress of Aix-la Chapelle, 1821, caused her to be arrested for sorcery. Signed by Chaussegros on p. 5. Produced in Paris.

c. 1820

1 volume 6 pp. + 2 ll. 4to. 20 x 151/2 cm. Unbound.

Acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and given accession number 68449I

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).