[7], 154, [25] page in Frenchs. Woodcut frontispiece ("Les oracles de l'amour sont fait pour divertir"). Printed by Blocquel, Lille. Lacks pages 22-3, 36-53, 150-1, 164-79. Final 34 leaves with single pin-hole in centre of text. Original marbled endpapers. No inscriptions. 55 x 70 mm. Full contemporary tree calf. Spine with black leather label and gilt blocked titling. Six horizontal gilt decorative hand-tooled rolls. Minuscule triangular nick on fore-edge of top cover. Corners worn. Scratches, and pin hole in backcover. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 49373488. WorldCat locates copies worldwide (Yale, Princeton, and North Carolina University Libraries). Le Petit Oracle des Amans (c. 1820s) is anuncommon French fortune-telling book, notable for delivering romantic horoscopes entirely through rébus (picture puzzles). Published in Lille, it reflects light-hearted19th-century parlour games, offering playful, riddle-based truths about love.












