WITGEEST, Simon (pseudonym of unknown author). Het Natuurly...

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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

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Feb 24, 2024

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Equal parts scholar, author, historian, professor, and magician, Edwin Dawes was a singular figure in the world of magic and magicians, and the most prolific chronicler of conjuring history in the twentieth century. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

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  WITGEEST, Simon (pseudonym of unknown author). Het Natuurlyk Tover-Boek, Of?t Nieuw Speel-Toneel der Konsten? Amsterdam: Jan ten Hoorn, 1684. Second edition. Contemporary vellum with yapp-edges to fore-edge, remnant of ink title to spine. With inserted engraved frontispiece, numerous intertextual woodcut diagrams and illustrations. 12mo. [vi], 1-512, [10, Register], [1, blank] pp. Recased, binding rubbed, soiled, later endleaves, some occasional wear, mild chipping, creasing to a few text pages, a few pages with short tears or corners restored in transparent paper, frontispiece trimmed a bit close at upper margin. Fine. Dawes? bookplate; laid-in are presentation slips to Dawes to celebrate his retirement in 1990.
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