Breslaw's last legacy [electronic resource] : or the magical companion: containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and comical; selected From the most celebrated Masters of Deception; As well with Slight of Hand, As with Mathematical Inventions. Wherein is displayed, The Mode and Manner of deceiving the Eye, as practised by those celebrated Masters of Mirthful Deceptions. Including the various exhibitions of those wonderful artists: Breslaw, Sieur Comus, Jonas, &c. Also the Interpretation of Dreams, Signification of Moles. Palmistry, &c. with a Selection of the newest Songs sung this Season at Vauxhall, and other Places of Publick Entertainment: Jests, Riddles, Epigrams, and Bon Mots. The Whole forming A Book of real Knowledge in the Art of Conjuration. With an accurate description of the method how to make the air balloon and inject the inflammable air.
1784
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Breslaw's last legacy [electronic resource] : or the magical companion: containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and comical; selected From the most celebrated Masters of Deception; As well with Slight of Hand, As with Mathematical Inventions. Wherein is displayed, The Mode and Manner of deceiving the Eye, as practised by those celebrated Masters of Mirthful Deceptions. Including the various exhibitions of those wonderful artists: Breslaw, Sieur Comus, Jonas, &c. Also the Interpretation of Dreams, Signification of Moles. Palmistry, &c. with a Selection of the newest Songs sung this Season at Vauxhall, and other Places of Publick Entertainment: Jests, Riddles, Epigrams, and Bon Mots. The Whole forming A Book of real Knowledge in the Art of Conjuration. With an accurate description of the method how to make the air balloon and inject the inflammable air.
Edition
The fourth edition. With great additions and improvements.
Publication Details
London : printed for T. Moore, No. 33, Pater-Noster-Row, 1784.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
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132p.,plate ; 12⁰.
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May have been compiled by Philip Breslaw.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T208018.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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