Le Petit Escamoteur, our Recueil de Tours Divertissans [with] Le Petit Magicien, ou Recueil D'Expériences Tirées de la Magie Blanche et des Amusemens des Sciences

PaRIS AND lILLE: Delarue, 1850. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Undated, ca. mid-century (though records show estimates from 1820 to 1860). Two volumes bound as one in acid calf, original wrappers not bound in. Modest wear to boards, trimmed a little close on the bottom edge, just touching text in one short section, but not obscuring sense. The first with a frontis and 29 figures on 6 pages, and the second with 40 figures on 10 pages. 90pp; 90pp

Both scarce with two copies of each in OCLC and just a few copies in auction records. A charming pair of illustrated close up magic manuals. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 048680. (Inventory #: 048680)