[ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA]. “Legerdemain, or Sleight of Hand” Entry Excised from the Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. [London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1797]. 4to. pp. 755-776 pp. With two full-page engraved plates inserted. Pages bound in handsome modern binding of blue calf backstrip over blue cloth boards, front board stamped in gilt (rear board scuffed, occasional minor foxing on text leaves). Fine. AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE BEST EARLY DEFINITION OF “LEGERDEMAIN” WITH THE PLATES. Offered with Legerdemain, Or Sleight of Hand. A facsimile reproduction with plates… Glenwood, IL: Meyerbooks, 1986. 4to. Publisher’s full brown cloth, gilt. Fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION, #153/250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER.