
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
(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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