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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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TITLE CONTINUED: Translated from the French with Several Corrections and Additions, Particularly a Large Table of the Chances or Odds at Play, the whole recommended as an useful Book for Schools, translated by Dr Hutton. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION,1801. 12mo, approximately 175 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, pages: xix, [1] -Errata, 1-397, plus 3 pages of adverts, bound in full marbled calf with gilt rules to spine, gilt decoration to edges of covers, lacks title label. Small chip to head of spine, vertical creasing to spine, corners slightly bumped, a few pale small stains to endpapers, page 396 misnumbered 936. A very good clean tight copy. See: Raymond Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876, page 92, No. 240; . Trevor H. Hall, A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, page 40, No. 114; Trevor Hall, Old Conjuring Books, pages 159-161; The book contains a large selection of mathematical and physical tricks and phenomena. The mathematical tricks include magic squares and mind reading, many with cards, the physical tricks include effects with sympathetic inks and other inks, and experiments with chemistry and magnets: 'To tell two or more numbers which a person has thought of'; 'Three cards being presented to three persons; to guess that which each has chosen'; 'To make people in a room have a hideous appearance'; 'To make an artificial volcano'; 'To make a phantom appear on a pedestal, placed on a table. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. TITLE CONTINUED: Translated from the French with Several Corrections and Additions, Particularly a Large Table of the Chances or Odds at Play, the whole recommended as an useful Book for Schools, translated by Dr Hutton. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1801. 12mo, approximately 175 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, pages: xix, [1] -Errata, 1-397, plus 3 pages of adverts, bound in full marbled calf with gilt rules to spine, gilt decoration to edges of covers, lacks title label. Small chip to head of spine, vertical creasing to spine, corners slightly bumped, a few pale small stains to endpapers, page 396 misnumbered 936. A very good clean tight copy. See: Raymond Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876, page 92, No. 240; Trevor H. Hall, A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, page 40, No. 114; Trevor Hall, Old Conjuring Books, pages 159-161; The book contains a large selection of mathematical and physical tricks and phenomena. The mathematical tricks include magic squares and mind reading, many with cards, the physical tricks include effects with sympathetic inks and other inks, and experiments with chemistry and magnets: To tell two or more numbers which a person has thought of; Three cards being presented to three persons; to guess that which each has chosen; To make people in a room have a hideous appearance; To make an artificial volcano; To make a phantom appear on a pedestal, placed on a table. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

First English edition. First English edition. xix, [i, errata], 397, 3 (publisher's ads) pp. 8vo. The first English edition of this quite unusual and very entertaining compendium of conundrums, problems, parlor tricks, and "interesting facts" - it is actually much more fun than the title would seem to suggest. The first French edition was published in London in 1799 under the title Choix d' amusements physiques et mathématiques. The work includes tricks with cards, magic squares, magic lanterns, feats of artificial memory, and proto-spiritualist conjuring through "palingenesy," by which a performer can make the images of the dead appear in a glass jar, plus other optical illusions. A large collection of mathematical and physical curiosities, including chapters on arithmetic ("To arrange 30 criminals in such a manner as to save 15 of them, &c.", "A lady lamenting that her age was triple that of her daughter") and amusing "secrets" ("To make people in a room have a hideous appearance"). Toole Stott 240 Contemporary half leather over gray paper-covered boards. Covers worn, joints cracked but sewing sound, lacking spine label, text block roughly trimmed, occasional light soiling along lower blank margins. Remnant of contemporary bookplate. In a custom redpaper slipcase and matching chemise xix, [i, errata], 397, 3 (publisher's ads) pp. 8vo.…