The true python's oracle; or, Fortune's perpetual almanac. : The sublime art of discovering the truth without any other means but chance. English and French. Dedicated to the youth of both sexes, and designed to facilitate the recollection of many phases in both languages..
Edinburgh: : John Menzies, 61, Princes' Street.,
1837.
With a half title and frontispiece volvelle.
An unrecorded fortune-telling game book printed in English and French on facing  pages, designed to entertain children and simultaneously 'facilitate the recollection of many phrases in both languages'. Published by John Menzies (1808-1879), it bears the imprint of his first shop on 61 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
As the 'Key to find the answers to the questions' notes, the fortune-telling  game involves the use of the frontispiece volvelle (the 'Magic-circle' featuring the twelve signs of the Zodiac) and the engraved 'Horary-circle  beneath', simple arithmetic, and reference to both the 46 questions within  the 'index of questions' and the 552 answers within 46 answer sections (i.e. 12 answers for each). The final fourteen  pages, printed solely in English, consist of 'the true python's mirror of virtue'; 29 separate excerpts taken from classical fables on subjects as varied as 'Of Agesilaus - how to acquire renown' and 'The folly of avarice'.
Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt.
Fortune-telling.
Amusements.
Scotland Edinburgh.