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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

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Lot 47

DEAN, Henry. The Whole Art of Legerdemain or Hocus Pocus in...

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DEAN, Henry. The Whole Art of Legerdemain or Hocus Pocus in Perfection. London: Printed for Hawes and Co, and S. Crowder in Pater-Noster-Row?, 1772. Seventh edition. Original plain brown linen (fraying at joints and spine). Woodcut frontispiece, woodcuts in text. Two leaves, 5 ? 132. 12mo. Gutters of first two leaves reinforced, a few small spots; very good. Toole Stott 208.Update (2/23/24): The title page and frontis of this work have been supplied in a faithfully recreated facsimile.