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Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Professor Hoffmann Mourning Card. Circa 1919. Black-bordered engraved printed card sent to Will Goldston by Mrs. and Ms. Angelo Lewis (the wife and daughter of Professor Hoffmann) thanking Goldston for his condolences on the occasion of Prof. Hoffmann’s death on December 23, 1919. 3 ½ x 4 ½”. Scrapbook remnants to verso, else very good.Hoffmann changed the landscape of the magic world with the publication of his landmark work “Modern Magic” in 1876. Goldston changed it again by following Hoffmann’s lead, his decade-spanning career punctuated by the publication of dozens of influential magic books and periodicals.