Sold for:
$1,500
$1,500
Dean, Henry. The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection. London: J. Hollis, No. 21, Shoemaker-Road, Black-Friars, ca. 1795. Eleventh Edition. Old half maroon leather, raised spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Woodcut frontispiece, woodcuts in text. 12mo. p. [5] 6 – 120. Interleaved with blanks. Lacking one leaf (D12). With a section of nineteenth century instruction sheets added at the rear, laid down, of unknown origin. Similar to Toole Stott 219, although page count differs considerably.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
