Dedicated to All Fair Women" -- Booklet Advertising Murray & Lanman's Florida Toilet Water

  • N.pl: Murray & Lanman's Florida Water, 1899
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N.pl: Murray & Lanman's Florida Water, 1899. Very good. Light dust soiling.. A pocket-sized booklet advertising a brand of perfume and toilet water for women, "Murray & Lanman's Florida Water". Contains entertaining content, and very clearly markets the product to women. Includes birthstone meanings and language of flowers on the wrappers, and the following content inside: "Curious Signs & Superstitions"; "Fan Flirtations"; "Telling Fortune by the Grounds of a Tea or Coffee Cup"; "Palmistry"; ideal heights and weights for women; wedding anniversary themes; "Telling Fortune with Dominoes"; and "The True Interpretation of Dreams". A broad array of fun content packed into a very small volume. Includes illustration of the product on the lower wrapper recto. Single vol. (4.75" by 3.25"), pp. [8], illus., in original illus. wrps with birthstones and young woman on front in profile, flower meanings on lower wrapper with fountain in center, ink stamp to upper wrapper of what appears to be a pharmacy. Some examples from "Curious Signs & Superstitions": "It is unlucky to pick up an old glove in the street"; "If a young lady loses her garter it shows a truant lover"; "If your left ear burns, it shows you are spoken ill of

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