La magie blanche devoilee, ou, Explication des tours surprennants, qui font depuis peu ladmiration de la capitale et de la province

"... Decremps wrote and published a series of books purportedly to expose all the tricks of [Giuseppe] Pinetti. The first book, La Magie Blanche, appeared in Paris while Pinetti was still playing there in 1784. The first book was followed by Supplement a la Magie Blanche Devoilee, Testament de Jerome Sharp, Codicille de Jerome Sharp, and others. ... they did have a devastating effect on Pinetti as well as on other practitioners of the mystic art, despite the fact that Decremp's explanations were largely guesswork. ..." D. Price. Magic, 1985, p. 40 ff.

One of the plates is the engraved t.p.

Signatures: a-b⁴ A-R⁴ S².

Errata: p. xv.

Pages [1-2] at end reads as follows: En faisant chauffer ce feuillet, on verra le mot du logogriphe écrit avec de l'encre sympathique verte ... ; (p. [2]) L'auteur continue de donner en ville des leçons élémentaires sur les sciences physico-mathématiques ...

With: With: Decremps, Henri. Supplément a la magie blanche dévoilée ... A Paris : Chez l'auteur ..., 1785. Issued separately.

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LC copy 1 NOS, 30 Jul. 2009. Recataloged using copies 2 and 5. he04

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