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[Conjuring and Recreations – French Antiquarian] Bound Collection of “Petit” Magic Books. Six volumes in one, comprising: Le Petit Magicien (Lille: Castiaux, ca. 1810s), Le Petit Escamoteur (Lille: Castiaux, ca. 1810s), Gastronomiana (Paris, 1809), Le Petit Etteilla (Lille: Castiaux, ca. 1810s), Le Petit Physicien (Lille: Castiaux, ca. 1810s), and Le Nouvel Angotiana (Lille: Blocquel, ca. 1810s). Contemporary tree calf, titles inked on spine. Engraved frontispieces and many plates. 16mo. Superior copies, internally near fine with a few thumbed leaves.


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