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(Conjuring) | All manner of deceptions, from the "invisible girl" to the "dancing egg"

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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 2,000 USD

Lot Details

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(Conjuring) 

The Conjuror's Repository; or The Whole Art and Mystery of Magic Displayed, by the Following Celebrated Characters: Pinetti, Katterfelto, Barrett, Brislaw [sic], Sibley, Lane, &c. Embellished with an Engraving. London: J.D. Dewick, [ca. 1805]


12mo (185 x 112 mm). Handcolored frontispiece, pp. 74-75 skipped in pagination, as issued, p. 95 mispaginated; offsetting from frontis onto title, early ownership signature to title, minor browning to a few leaves, a few stray spots. Contemporary gray paper-covered boards, cream paper spine; corners bumped, some staining, cracks to spine, endleaves foxed.


First edition, second issue, or second edition


According to Toole Stott, "the Second Edition has been reprinted probably from the same plates and the sections rearranged, with some slight changes in the wording. The misprint 'Brislaw' (if it is a misprint) is still present." 


REFERENCE:

ESTC N66032 (ref.); Toole Stott 181

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