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The fireside magician, or, The art of natural magic made easy

being a familiar and scientific explanation of legerdemain, physical amusement, recreative chemistry, diversions with cards, and of all the minor mysteries of mechanical magic, with feats : as performed in public by Herr Alexander, Robert Houdin, "The Wizard of the North," and distinguished conjurors of all ages and nations : comprising over one thousand interesting mental and physical recreations, with explanatory engravings

by Thomas Picton

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of The fireside magician, or, The art of natural magic made easy (1870). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires

Subjects: Magic tricks, Handbooks, manuals

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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 title, “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Magic· via Open Library
    • Magic· in title
    • Magic· in subtitle
    • Magic· in subject
    • Magic· in edition title
    • Magic· in edition subtitle

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Editions

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being a familiar and scientific explanation of legerdemain, physical amusement, recreative chemistry, diversions with cards, and of all the minor mysteries of mechanical magic, with feats : as performed in public by Herr Alexander, Robert Houdin, "The Wizard of the North," and distinguished conjurors of all ages and nations : comprising over one thousand interesting mental and physical recreations, with explanatory engravings

Open Library record

1870Dick & FitzgeraldEnglishNo ebook

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  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL1523502W
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