Set Reminder2024-06-08 12:00:002024-06-08 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Magicana: Featuring the Collection of Peter Hackhofer https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/magicana-featuring-the-collection-of-peter-hackhofer-21905 This sale will highlight selected material from the collection of the late Peter Hackhofer. Built up over several decades as a dealer and seeker of the unusual, his holdings included an extensive library, unusual stone lithographs from the great illusion shows of yesteryear, and art of all types with a magic theme.
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HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 ? 1919). Modern Magic. A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1877. Second edition. Bright blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and black. Plain brown endsheets. Engraved frontispiece behind tissue, profusion of illustrations. 8vo. Trifling rubbing to cloth and faint foxing, but bright and attractive overall; near fine.