Boaz (Sieur).- At the Rose and Crown, Kew-Green...The Sieur Boaz...Card Deceptions...An Operation in Papiromance...The Teritœpiest Painter..., chip to fore-edge and couple tiny holes not affecting text, margins trimmed but not affecting text, 250 x 167mm., 30th July 1795 § To the Ladies and Gentry in Paisley, and its Vicinity. Boaz's Grand Magical Deceptions...curious Experiments by Rhabdomancy...Card Deceptions...Pyramidical Glass Machineries..., 2 small chips to margins, very light creases and surface soiling, loose but once laid down, 309 x 160mm., Paisley, J. Neilson, 6th July 1802, printed playbills; and a copy of The Middlesex Journal newspaper for 7-9th July 1770, advertising Boaz's performance at the Ship and Dolphin Tavern, v.s. (3)
⁂ Herman Boaz, known as Sieur Boaz, had a career that flourished from the 1770s until the 1820s. He made several tours of Britain demonstrating various tricks and mentalism. His book The Juggler's Oracle appeared in 1826.
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