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[Blow Book] Libro Magico. Caduto Dalla Luna 1500 Anni Avanti La Creazione Del Mondo e Ritrovato Nel 1869. Torino: Carlo Manfredi, ca. 1869. Original colored wrappers, sewn. A magician’s blow book, in which the contents of the book seemingly change each time the magician blows on the volume and flips through its pages. Engraved illustrations, hand-colored. 8vo. Twelve changes in all, including wizard, imps, equilibrists, gentleman and gentlewoman, large-headed man and woman, soldiers, organ grinder, birds, harbor, church, and others. Wrappers and backstrip chipped, shaken and partly disbound, as expected. Rare; only one institutional copy located.