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[DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868–1941)] FLIOSCOPE WITH DAVID DEVANT FLIPBOOK AND DEVANT KINORA REEL. England: Mutoscope & Kinograph Syndicate, ca. 1898. Pocket size flip book viewer crafted from litho. tin with early flip book/film of Devant “of Egyptian Hall” pulling a rabbit from a hat. Approximately 3½ × 3". Book well thumbed, viewer very good. Sold together with a Kinora reel of Devant performing various tricks with eggs. In the original two-piece paper case.
Devant, considered the greatest stage magician of the Edwardian Era in Britain, was also an early exhibitor of motion pictures, exhibiting films at London’s Egyptian Hall as an adjunct to the conjuring performances he gave there. The footage used to make this flipbook was said to have been filmed on the roof of the building, in the bright sunlight.