Natural magic, or, Physical amusements revealed
Natural magic, or, Physical amusements revealed is a 1785 London magic-tricks book by Philip Astley, printed for the author and sold through booksellers across England, Scotland and Ireland, aimed at general readers curious about conjuring. The single picture is a framed woodcut of a stage performance: a tailcoated magician stands centre-stage between curtains while a table of apparatus and a boxed set-up sit to the right, with a crowd of spectators along the bottom edge. Its stark black-and-white linework and crowded audience rows suggest bold, readable staging for a poster or theatre-themed layout.
