Lot no. 104
DECREMPS (Henri). White Magic Revealed. - Supplement. - Testament of Jerome Sharp. - The Little Adventures of Jerome Sharp. - Codicil of Jerome Sharp. Paris et Liège, F.-J. Desoër, 1789-1791. 5 volumes in 2 volumes in-8, basane racinée, gilt roulette, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (Binding of the period). One of the great classics of conjuring.
This collective edition from Liège brings together La Magie blanche dévoilée and its sequels, which were published separately in Paris between 1784 and 1789 and were very difficult to reunite. In it, Henri Decremps explains the tricks performed by the court magician Giuseppe Pinetti.
The set is illustrated with numerous woodcuts in the text. The first two parts also include two intaglio frontispieces engraved by Berndt (bound opposite pp. 11 and 101), and the Codicile, a portrait-frontispiece (bound p. 55) and two fold-out tables.
From the magic library of Johnny Morgan alias Jocelyn Mercier (1926-2006), with bookplate; stamp of the Clos des cyprès library.
Hinges, headpieces and corners worn. The two music plates from the Testament (ff. a1 and R4) are missing, as is often the case.
Caillet, nos. 2861-2864 (first editions) - Ruegg, pp. 31-32.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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