The Oracle or Book of Fate, Formerly in the Possession of the Emperor Napoleon, and Now First Rendered into English, from a German Translation, of an Ancient Egyptian Manuscript, Found in the Year 1801, by M. Sonnini, in One of the Royal Tombs, Near Mount Libycus, in Upper Egypt

London: Printed for M. Arnold, 1835. Twenty-second edition. Hardcover. Fair. xxxi; [1], 32 (each number is duplicated resulting in 64pp); 11pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with pale blue printed paper over thin card boards. Pages periodically detached. 3" split in cloth of spine. Underlying boards exposed occasionally along the edges. Fold-out table, entitled "Questions which may be put to the Oracle and which will be truly answered according to the Hieroglyphical Indications of the Planets," detached, but laid in. "No institution is more famous than the ancient Oracles of Egypt, Greece and Rome. They were said to be the will of the gods themselves, and they were consulted, not only upon every important matter, but even in the affairs of private life. To make peace or war, to introduce a change of government, to plant a colony, to enact laws, to raise an edifice, or to marry, were all sufficient reasons to consult the will of the gods." - [p. xv].

A book which has been criticized for being a hoax, but is kind of fun nonetheless. (Inventory #: 69462)