The Ricky Jay Collection
The Ricky Jay Collection
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
(Hocus Pocus)
Henry Dean. Hocus Pocus; or the Whole Art of Legerdemain. Glasgow: Printed and Sold by J. & M. Robertson, 1783
12mo (152 x 89 mm). Woodcut frontispiece, numerous woodcut illustrations; browned and stained throughout. Contemporary calf; extremities worn, minor losses to spine ends, upper joint cracked but holding, portion of rear free endpaper torn away.
Tenth edition thus.
REFERENCE:
ESTC T138104; Toole Stott 216
PROVENANCE:
Elijah Smith (inscriptions on free endpapers, one dated 179--) — [Patsy] Ann Smith (inscription on rear free endpaper)