MASKELYNE & COOKE. Handbill for The Royal Illusionists at Victoria Hall. Harrogate: R. Ackrill, Printer [1867]. Letterpress bill advertising the varied program of the “London Company” of Maskelyne and Cooke at Harrogate, presenting many of the illusions that would make them famous at the Egyptian Hall, including the Mystic Freaks of Gyges, Wil[l], The Witch, and the Watch, A Lady Floating in the Air, and other effects. Faint spotting, bottom edge ragged. Inked date in upper left. A rare ephemeral item from the earliest days of the duo that reshaped modern magic through their inventions, magical plays, and illusions, foreshadowing their generation-spanning runs at the Egyptian Hall and St. George’s Hall.