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Breslaw's last legacy: or, The conjurer unmasked. : containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and comical, selected from the most celebrated masters of slight of hand and deception, mathematical inventions, &c. Wherein is displayed the mode and manner of deceiving the eye, as practised by those celebrated masters of mirthful deceptions, Breslaw, Jonas, Sieur Comus, Pinetti, &c. Also, interpretations of dreams, signification of moles, palmistry, remarkable stories, &c. The whole forming a book of real knowledge in the art of conjuration. With an accurate description of making the air balloon..

Title
Breslaw's last legacy: or, The conjurer unmasked. : containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and comical, selected from the most celebrated masters of slight of hand and deception, mathematical inventions, &c. Wherein is displayed the mode and manner of deceiving the eye, as practised by those celebrated masters of mirthful deceptions, Breslaw, Jonas, Sieur Comus, Pinetti, &c. Also, interpretations of dreams, signification of moles, palmistry, remarkable stories, &c. The whole forming a book of real knowledge in the art of conjuration. With an accurate description of making the air balloon..
Publication
London: : Printed and sold at no. 48, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; and all booksellers and stationers, 1792.

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Additional Authors
Breslaw, Philip, 1726-1803.
Description
iv, [1], 10-112 p. : ill.; 20 cm. (12mo)
Uniform Title
Breslaw's last legacy.
Alternative Title
  • The conjurer unmasked.
  • The conjuror unmasked.
Subjects
Note
  • "Breslaw, who died in 1803, may have compiled the eighteenth-century editions ... It is clear, however, that he was not responsible for the many small pamphlets of the same title published in the early nineteenth century."--Hall, Trevor. Old conjuring books.
  • Signatures: [A]² B-I⁶ K⁴.
Indexed In (note)
  • Price, Harry. Short-title cat. of works on psychical research ...
  • Clarke, Sidney and Blind, Adolphe. Bibl. of conjuring
  • Hall, Trevor. Bibl. of books on conjuring in English
  • Toole-Stott, R. Conjuring
Call Number
MZC [RBS] 97-852 (Breslaw. Breslaw's last legacy)
OCLC
29938076
Title
Breslaw's last legacy: or, The conjurer unmasked. : containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and comical, selected from the most celebrated masters of slight of hand and deception, mathematical inventions, &c. Wherein is displayed the mode and manner of deceiving the eye, as practised by those celebrated masters of mirthful deceptions, Breslaw, Jonas, Sieur Comus, Pinetti, &c. Also, interpretations of dreams, signification of moles, palmistry, remarkable stories, &c. The whole forming a book of real knowledge in the art of conjuration. With an accurate description of making the air balloon..
Imprint
London: : Printed and sold at no. 48, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; and all booksellers and stationers, 1792.
Edition
10th ed., with great additions and improvements..
Original Version
Originally published: London : T. Moore, 1784.
Indexed In:
Price, Harry. Short-title cat. of works on psychical research ..., p. 116
Clarke, Sidney and Blind, Adolphe. Bibl. of conjuring, p. 14
Hall, Trevor. Bibl. of books on conjuring in English, 44
Toole-Stott, R. Conjuring, 131
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Breslaw, Philip, 1726-1803.
Bridges, Milton Arlanden, 1894-1939. Former owner RPB
Added Title
The conjurer unmasked.
The conjuror unmasked.
Research Call Number
MZC [RBS] 97-852 (Breslaw. Breslaw's last legacy)
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