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Hocus pocus junior : the anatomie of legerdemain, or, The art of jugling set forth in his proper colours, fully, plainly, and exactly, so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practice : unto each tricke is added the figure, where it is needfull for instruction

Harper, Thomas, -1656, printer, Mab, Ralph, bookseller, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · 1635 · London : Printed by T.H.[arper] for R.M.[ab], 1635. · 15 pictures

A 1635 London conjuring manual, printed by Thomas Harper for the bookseller Ralph Mab, that teaches sleight of hand to an ignorant reader step by step. Its pictures are simple woodcut diagrams of a conical cup and a stacked pair of cups, with dotted lines and letters marking where a hidden object sits, which a designer could use for instructional or mechanical line drawings.

Early works to 1800 · England · London · Magic tricks

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