CHYMICAL NATURAL AND PHYSICAL MAGIC INTENDED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF JUVENILES DURING THE HOLIDAY VACATION
Book Details + Condition: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts (London). Second Edition, 1859. Hardcover. 201 pages with illustrations throughout, and advertisements to rear. Diamond-decorated covers with "Piesse's Magic" on front. One of the earliest treatises on "Natural magic" designed for the use by children. The book contains over 170 magic tricks using physics, optics and chemistry. A worn and loved book, with firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; heavy wear to original boards, with fading and darkening present; slight lean to book; blank front free endpaper missing; age spotting / darkening throughout; interior is clean and free of writing.
