Breslaw's last legacy : or, the conjuror unmasked. Containing All That IS Curious, Pleasing, Entertaining, And Comical, Selected from the most celebrated Masters of Slight Of Hand And Deception, Mathematical Inventions, &c. Wherein IS Displayed The Mode and Manner of deceiving the Eye, As practised by those celebrated Masters of Mirthful Deceptions, Breslaw, Sieur Comus, Jonas, Pinetti, &c. Also, Interpretations Of Dreams, Signification Of Moles, Palmistry, Remarkable Stories, &c. The Whole Forming A Book Of Real Knowledge In The Art Of Conjuration. With an accurate Description of making The Air Balloon. The tenth edition, with great additions and improvements.

Format:

• Book

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Balloons--Early works to 1800.
• Balloons.
• Occultism--Early works to 1800.
• Amusements--Early works to 1800.
• Electricity--Early works to 1850.
• Electricity.
• Electricity--Physiological effect.
• Magic tricks--Early works to 1800.
• Magic tricks.
• Amusements.
• Occultism.

Physical Description:

iv pages, 1 unnumbered page,10-112 pages,plate ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold at No.48, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; and by all booksellers and stationers, 1792.

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• Braces in imprint.
• Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T127023.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.