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Auction archive: Lot number 319

(Hocus Pocus) | "A Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities"

The Ricky Jay Collection
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$4,788
Auction archive: Lot number 319

(Hocus Pocus) | "A Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities"

The Ricky Jay Collection
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$4,788
Beschreibung:

(Hocus Pocus)Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions ... by J[ohn] White. London: Sold at the Ring in Little Britain, pr. 1s. as also Hill’s Legerdemain, and Arts Treasury, [?1715] 12mo (140 x 83 mm). Woodcut frontispiece composed of 3 woodcuts appearing in the text, 30 woodcut text illustrations and diagrams; light toning throughout, a few leaves shaved. Modern crushed green morocco paneled gilt, upper cover lettered Hocus Pocus (forming a cross and intersecting at the letter C), corner initials gilt-stamped clockwise on both covers top read "D E A N" (for Henry Dean), green marbled endpapers, the spine in 6 compartments gilt, edges gilt. Originally published in 1651 as A Rich Cabinet, with a Variety of Inventions. REFERENCE:ESTC T126913 (described as 18mo); Toole Stott 697 (as 12mo)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.

Auction archive: Lot number 319
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

(Hocus Pocus)Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions ... by J[ohn] White. London: Sold at the Ring in Little Britain, pr. 1s. as also Hill’s Legerdemain, and Arts Treasury, [?1715] 12mo (140 x 83 mm). Woodcut frontispiece composed of 3 woodcuts appearing in the text, 30 woodcut text illustrations and diagrams; light toning throughout, a few leaves shaved. Modern crushed green morocco paneled gilt, upper cover lettered Hocus Pocus (forming a cross and intersecting at the letter C), corner initials gilt-stamped clockwise on both covers top read "D E A N" (for Henry Dean), green marbled endpapers, the spine in 6 compartments gilt, edges gilt. Originally published in 1651 as A Rich Cabinet, with a Variety of Inventions. REFERENCE:ESTC T126913 (described as 18mo); Toole Stott 697 (as 12mo)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.

Auction archive: Lot number 319
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2021 - 28 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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