Breslaw's last legacy; 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, Palmestry, &c. 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.
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- M,DCC,XCV. [1795]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for W. Lane, Leadenhall-Street, M,DCC,XCV. [1795]
Physical description
[7],x-xii,144p. ; 120.
Edition
A new edition, with great additions and improvements.
References note
ESTC N15553
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.