THE CONJUROR'S MAGAZINE, OR, MAGICAL AND PHYSIOGNOMICAL MIRROR. INCLUDING A SUPERB EDITION OF LAVATER'S ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY.- plus other see below.

GILBERT, WILLIAM, LOCKE, W, + ANON

Verlag: London W. Locke. August - July 1792, 1791

Octavo 8 x 5 1/2 inches, bound in recent half leather. General title dated 1792, preface and 12 divisional sections for each month - numbered 9-494 pages, plus 4 pages of index. Each year calls for 3 plates - thus in theory there should be 36 plates but this copy has only 24 plates. The vendor can find no other copy to compare the plates to - THUS SOLD AS DEFECTIVE. BOUND WITH - for no apparent reason- THE ACCUSATION, TRAIL, DEFENCE, EXECUTION, AND LAST WILL, OF LEWIS XVI. Edinburgh 1793, portrait, title, plate of the guillotine, 1-108 pages. AND HILDROP, JOHN - FREE THOUGHTS UPON BRUTE CREATION: WHERE IN FATHER BOUGEANT'S PHILOSOPHICAL AMUSEMENT, & C, IS EXAMINED. London 1750. Title (soiled) with contemporary manuscript on the verso, 4-151 pages (final leaf defective plus pencil scribbling) . The first of two years of THE CONJUROR'S MAGAZINE. There is a scanned copy of this first year available online and the text collation herewith conforms to that copy THUS TEXT COMPLETE. A scarce work - only two listed at auction and one of those listed lacked all plates- the collation of the other is unstated. All plates throughout have been numbered by some early scribe. Sundry condition issues - please ask for further photos. SOLD AS A WORKING COPY OF ALL THREE WORKS. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4733

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Titel: THE CONJUROR'S MAGAZINE, OR, MAGICAL AND ...
Verlag: London W. Locke. August - July 1792
Erscheinungsdatum: 1791
Einband: Softcover