Description
Magic & Conjuring.- Dean (Henry) The whole Art of Legerdemain; or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection, 132pp., eighth edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations, rather soiled and stained, A6 defective at outer margin with loss of a couple of letters, near contemporary ink inscription "J.Hooper his book..." on verso of frontispiece (slightly showing through) and others on front pastedown, contemporary cloth, rubbed, 12mo, for J.Bew, 1781.
Lot 28
Magic & Conjuring.- Dean (Henry) The whole Art of Legerdemain; or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection, eighth edition, for J.Bew, 1781.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Magic & Conjuring.- Dean (Henry) The whole Art of Legerdemain; or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection, 132pp., eighth edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations, rather soiled and stained, A6 defective at outer margin with loss of a couple of letters, near contemporary ink inscription "J.Hooper his book..." on verso of frontispiece (slightly showing through) and others on front pastedown, contemporary cloth, rubbed, 12mo, for J.Bew, 1781.