COMTE (Louis Christian Emmanuel Apollinaire).... Lot 555
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COMTE (Louis Christian Emmanuel Apollinaire). Complete manual for wizards, or white magic revealed by the discoveries of chemistry, physics and mechanics, containing a large number of tricks due to electricity, caloric, light, air, numbers, cards, escamotage, etc. As well as the scenes of ventriloquism performed and communicated by Mr. Comte, physicist to the king; preceded by a historical note on the occult sciences, by Mr. Julia de Fontenelle. Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged Paris, Roret, 1831.
Small in-12 paperback, printed cover. Cover browned and damaged. Light spotting on the first few pages. 3 folding plates in fine. "A rare and sought-after work; it is the prestidigitator's breviary" Caillet 2537.
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