Select Secrets: Rare & Important Magicana
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Lot 120
The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or, The Conjurer Unmasked.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or, The Conjurer Unmasked. Derby: Thomas Richardson, ca. 1830. Original buff printed wrappers, remarkably well-preserved. Engraved folding frontispiece depicting a flamboyantly dressed conjuror flanked by a demon and a coiled snake. 1 leaf, p. [1 - 4], 5?24. 12mo. A near fine copy with only minor chips to the wrappers at head and spine. Housed in a blue cloth drop spine box, the spine titled in gilt. Toole Stott 718.
