CARL BOSCO'S ZAUBERKUNSTE, ODER DIE TASCHENSPIELERKUNST IN IHREM GAZEN UMFANGE: eine Sammlung von 370 der interessantesten Kunststucke aus der naturlichen Magie, welche in Gesellschaften die uberraschendsften Wirkungen hervorbringen, nebst vielen Karten-Kunststucken, arithmetischen und anderen Belustigungen zur Unterhaltung in geselligen Kreisen. Mit 36 erlauternden Abbildungen.

Berlin: S. Mode's Verlag, nd [ca. 1880]. 9. vermehrte und verbesserte auflage. 12mo. xii, 200, (6, ads) pp. Frontispiece (illustrating six tricks, each citing a page number for reference), in-text illustrations from wood engravings. OCLC locates editions from 1866 (1st?), 1888 (12th ed.), and 1893 (15th ed.), each in one copy. Bosco published several titles during the latter half of the 19th century, most dealing with magic card tricks and most presenting similar text; each title apparently went through numerous editions, but all seem relatively scarce in the United States today. This edition does not appear in OCLC. Very good. Original half-cloth and marbled boards (corners bumped, a little wear to spine). (11103). Item #64911

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