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AEDSECUNDUS, Merlin (pseudo.) The Veritable Black Art. New Yor...
Lot 257
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Bidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part II
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Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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- Lot Description
SECUNDUS, Merlin (pseudo.) THE VERITABLE BLACK ART. New York: Hurst & Co. (n.d., ca. 1880s). Original engraved wrappers, designed by H.W. Burns. Wood-engraved frontispiece of a ghost terrorizing a man holding a pistol. Illustrations, some full-page. 8vo. Backstrip perished, wraps chipped, pale staining to corners. A scarce treatise explaining methods in alchemy, magic, astrology, fortune-telling, and various occult sciences. It also exposes the tricks of the Davenport Brothers, illustrates the method behind Pepper?s Ghost and magic lanterns, as well as other tricks.
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![[SILVER]. Catalogue of Sterling Silver Hollow Ware by The Gorham Company.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3598/35981234.jpeg?t=1W3HSM)
![[RAILROADIANA]. Sammelband of Southern Pacific railroad travel booklets.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3598/35981243.jpeg?t=1W3HSN)
![[CHOCOLATE]. Group of over 60 books on chocolate, candy, etc.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3603/36038867.jpeg?t=1W5uCo)
![[CHOCOLATE]. Eleven vintage and antiquarian volumes.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3623/36232179.jpeg?t=1W9KDN)
![[NURSERY RHYMES]. Album of over 150 postcards and ephemera.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3623/36239094.jpeg?t=1W9Rml)
![[CHOCOLATE]. Lot of approximately 60 books about chocolate and candy.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3623/36238168.jpeg?t=1W9PRv)
![[ANGLING]. COUCH, Jonathan (1789-1870). A History of the Fishes of the British Islands.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/m/3507/35078757.jpeg?t=1VO135)
