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Hocus pocus, or, The whole art of legerdemain laid open

set forth in its proper colours, fully, plainly and exactly, so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practice : also the trick of changing a card into a live bird, or into any picture : to which is added, not in any former edition, instructions for composing and displaying several most beautiful pieces of fire-works.

by McManus-Young Collection

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of Hocus pocus, or, The whole art of legerdemain laid open (1765). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Magic tricks

Provenance

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “Magic”· in subject

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set forth in its proper colours, fully, plainly and exactly, so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practice : also the trick of changing a card into a live bird, or into any picture : to which is added, not in any former edition, instructions for composing and displaying several most beautiful pieces of fire-works.

Open Library record

1765Printed and sold by James Byrn and T. Wilkinson ...English—No ebook

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openlibrary-work:OL23506333W
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