[Esoterica]. Beautiful and rare miscellany combining the 5 most important works of Henri Decremps, with the first edition of La magie blanche dévoilée of 1784 with antiporta, engraved frontispiece, the Supplément a la magie blanche dèvoilée of 1785 with engraved frontispiece and antiporta and 2 engraved plates at the end of the volume, theTestament de Jérôme Sharp, Professeur de Physique amusante of 1786, theCodicile de Jérôme Sharp of 1788 with engraved frontispiece andLes petites aventures de Jérôme Sharp of 1789. In addition to revealing various tricks, Decremps described in detail some of the magic tricks of the famous illusionist of the time Pinetti, the main target of his criticism. (3)

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