(Hocus Pocus) | Magic, cards, fire-eating, automata, etc.

(Hocus Pocus)

Herman Boaz. The Juggler’s Oracle, or, The whole art of legerdemain laid open ... London: Printed for William Cole, [1826]

12mo (137 x 95 mm). Numerous text illustrations; a3 loose, staining chiefly on inner margins. Later flexible covers of green pebbled cloth, yellow endpapers, remnants of paper spine label; short tear to foot of spine.

Illustrated with woodcuts of the Cups and Balls, rope and card tricks, optical illusions, fire-eating, and more. From the library of Trevor H. Hall, author of Nothing is Impossible, Reading is Believing, and others.

REFERENCE:

Toole Stott 101

PROVENANCE:

Trevor H. Hall (pictorial bookplate on front pastedown)