SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY - 1840 SUPERSTITIONS HOAX FRAUD ASTROLOGY As the story unfolds

As the story unfolds

Each tale is accompanied by plates that pair the animals and flowers in each tale

Spiritualism and Psychical Research

and front cover

illustrated by Kate Greenaway

SKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY - 1840 SUPERSTITIONS HOAX FRAUD ASTROLOGY As the story unfoldsSKETCHES OF IMPOSTURE, DECEPTION, AND CREDULITY Book Details + Condition: Bradbury & Evans (London). Second Edition, 1840. 368 pages. Hardcover. Measures 6. 5"x4. 5". Written by Richard A. Davenport as a guide to the many frauds and delusions of the time. Chapters include "Hindoo and Other Oriental Superstitions,"The South Sea Bubble," Medical Delusions and Fraud," and more. Frontispiece of Joan of Arc. Marked as property of Indianapolis Public