An edition of Magie blanche dévoilée (1785)

The conjurer unmasked

being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand : together with the tricks of the divining rod, automaton chess-player, speaking figure, artificial serpents, mechanical birds, automaton flute player, vaulting figure, magical table, perpetual motion, &c., &c.

The third edition, with large additions and alterations / by Denton and others.

by Henri Decremps

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An edition of Magie blanche dévoilée (1785)

The conjurer unmasked

being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand : together with the tricks of the divining rod, automaton chess-player, speaking figure, artificial serpents, mechanical birds, automaton flute player, vaulting figure, magical table, perpetual motion, &c., &c.

The third edition, with large additions and alterations / by Denton and others.

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1 I segreti della magia bianca, ossia, Spiegazione dei giuochi di mano sorprendenti del cav. Pinetti 1857, Giovanni Silvestri in Italian - 4. ed., con aggiunta di molti nuovi segreti e giuochi ricavati dalle principali opere moderne di fisica e di chimica e recati ad intelligenza d'ogni classe di persone.	zzzz Not in Library
2 The conjurer unmasked: being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand : together with the tricks of the divining rod, automaton chess-player, speaking figure, artificial serpents, mechanical birds, automaton flute player, vaulting figure, magical table, perpetual motion, &c., &c. 1790, Printed for C. Stalker ... in English - The third edition, with large additions and alterations / by Denton and others.	aaaa Not in Library
3 The conjurer unmasked: being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand : together with the tricks of the divining rod, automaton chess-player, speaking figure, artificial serpents, mechanical birds, automaton flute player, vaulting figure, magical table, perpetual motion, &c., &c. 1790, Printed for C. Stalker ... in English - The third edition, with large additions and alterations / by Denton and others.	zzzz Not in Library
4 The conjurer unmasked: being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent, by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand .... 1788, printed for C. Stalker ... in English - 2nd edition, with large additions and alterations by T. Denton ..	zzzz Not in Library
5 The conjurer unmasked: or, la magie blanche dèvoilèe : being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited ... by the most eminent and dexterous professors of slight of hand, ... Translated from the French of Monsieur Decremps. 1785, printed for, and sold by, T. Denton; and may be had of H. Setchel; H. Brookes; and H. Turpin	zzzz Not in Library
6 La magie blanche dévoilée Publish date unknown, Delarue, Chez Blocquel-Castiaux in French	zzzz Not in Library

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Edition Notes

"... Decremps wrote and published a series of books purportedly to expose all the tricks of [Giuseppe] Pinetti. The first book, La Magie Blanche, appeared in Paris while Pinetti was still playing there in 1784. The first book was followed by Supplement a la Magie Blanche Devoilee, Testament de Jerome Sharp, Codicille de Jerome Sharp, and others. ... they did have a devastating effect on Pinetti as well as on other practitioners of the mystic art, despite the fact that Decremp's explanations were largely guesswork. ..." D. Price. Magic, 1985, p. 40 ff.

Signatures: pi‌² a⁴ A-L⁶.

Bookseller's advertisments: [2] p. at end.

LC copy has minor annotation in the hand of Houdini, and his autograph, dated 1903. With a typescript correction to the text of page 47 mounted on p. [2] of cover. Bookbinder's ticket of R. Hynes, Dover. Ink stamp of Houdini. Inscription: To W. Murray.

ESTC T127022

Published in: London
Genre: Early works to 1800

Classifications

Library of Congress: GV1546 .D413 1790

The Physical Object

Pagination: [2], viii, 128, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates :
Number of pages: 128

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL23684088M
LCCN: 34011782

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The conjurer unmasked

by Henri Decremps