DHOTEL, DR. JULES. CLOSE-UP MAGIC KIT OF DR. DHOTEL. 1930s. Being a small cloth-covered box with internal compartment containing a miniature close-up pad, miniature Spring Flowers, six nesting cups (one gimmicked), a quantity of millet, and a number of cork and composition balls for a close-up routine. Said to have been the close-up case of Dr. Jules DHotel, the well-known French conjurer and physician. Sold together with a cast bronze medallion bearing a profile bust portrait of DHotel in relief, sculpted by Dhotel himself, signed in the image, and dated 1941. D?Hotel is best-remembered as the author of the eight-volume work, ?Prestidigitation Sans Bagagges,? widely regarded as a classic in the field of close-up magic. His nom de theatre was an anagram of his last name, ?Heldot.?