MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 33008604
003 DLC
005 20110803084857.0
008 841018s1784 fr af 000 0 fre
010 $a 33008604
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edcrmb
050 00 $aGV1546$b.D4 1784
051 $aGV1546$b.D4 1784 Copy 2$cCalling card of Houdini, laid in. Author's autograph copy. Inscription: Berlin Germany, March 31 [19]03. The above signiture [sic] is the persenol [sic] handwriting of the author of this book. H. Houdini. Have compared same with a letter I saw. H.H. Wanting p. [1-2] at end.
051 $aGV1546$b.D4 1784 Copy 3$cLeaf S2 cut out, laid in. With: Decremps, Henri. Supplément a la magie blanche dévoilée ... A Paris : Chez l'auteur ..., 1785. Issued separately.
082 0 $a791.1
100 1 $aDecremps, Henri,$d1746-1826.
240 10 $aMagie blanche dévoilée
245 13 $aLa magie blanche dévoilée, ou, Explication des tours surprennants, qui font depuis peu l'admiration de la capitale et de la province :$bavec des réflexions sur la baguette divinatoire, les automates joueurs d'échecs, &c. &c. /$cpar M. Decremps.
246 30 $aExplication des tours surprennants, qui font depuis peu l'admiration de la capitale et de la province
260 $aA Paris :$bChez Langlois ... :$bTiger Relieur ... et chez l'auteur ...,$cavec permission 1784.
300 $axvj, 138, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates :$bill. (1 woodcut, 1 engraving) ;$c21 cm. (8vo)
500 $a"... Decremps wrote and published a series of books purportedly to expose all the tricks of [Giuseppe] Pinetti. The first book, La Magie Blanche, appeared in Paris while Pinetti was still playing there in 1784. The first book was followed by Supplement a la Magie Blanche Devoilee, Testament de Jerome Sharp, Codicille de Jerome Sharp, and others. ... they did have a devastating effect on Pinetti as well as on other practitioners of the mystic art, despite the fact that Decremp's explanations were largely guesswork. ..." D. Price. Magic, 1985, p. 40 ff.
500 $aOne of the plates is the engraved t.p.
500 $aSignatures: a-b⁴ A-R⁴ S².
500 $aErrata: p. xv.
500 $aPages [1-2] at end reads as follows: En faisant chauffer ce feuillet, on verra le mot du logogriphe écrit avec de l'encre sympathique verte ... ; (p. [2]) L'auteur continue de donner en ville des leçons élémentaires sur les sciences physico-mathématiques ...
501 $aWith: With: Decremps, Henri. Supplément a la magie blanche dévoilée ... A Paris : Chez l'auteur ..., 1785. Issued separately.$5DLC
530 $aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
600 10 $aPinetti, Giuseppe,$d1750-1800.
650 0 $aMagic tricks$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aJuggling$vEarly works to 1800.
710 2 $aPre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aMcManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aHarry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
856 41 $3PDF$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/pre1801.08604.2
856 41 $3Page view$dpreimp$f08604$qo$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/pre1801.08604.1