[MAGIC SET]. Physicien Des Salons Magic Set. Paris: N.K., 1880s. Wooden case with brass corners and pebbled cloth covering, accented with a printed leather title label and straps to the lid, approximating the look of a small wooden chest. Contents include the original instruction manual and several other contemporary French chapbooks on conjuring with illustrated front wrappers (Le Sorcier Amusant, Le Veritable Escamoteur (two editions), Recueil de Tours de Cartes); a miniature tin set of cups; Nail Through Finger with original box (labeled Le Clou du Diable); forcing pack; two Die Through Hat tricks; a Bill in Lemon knife; a quantity of wire puzzles; and more. Likely a marriage of parts. Still, a handsome grouping of late Victorian magic apparatus.