Occult Literature
The Elementary Hand: Palm and Back
A large view of the back of a hand sits above a smaller view of its palm. Short fingers and a broad lower hand illustrate the author’s elementary type. The paired drawings belong to the book’s historical classification of character through hand shape.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Elementary Hand: Palm and Back" [editorial title]. In A Manual of Cheirosophy, Edward Heron-Allen. 1885 Ward, Lock first edition; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh copy, Internet Archive b21931938, 1885, Ward, Lock and Co.. Source scan leaf 146. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0146
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A diagram from the author’s historical symbolic system, reproduced as a source document rather than a scientifically validated account.
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Illustrator not identified. The Elementary Hand: Palm and Back. A Manual of Cheirosophy. Scan leaf 146. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0292-0146