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ROBIN, Henri (Henrick Donckel, 1811 – 74). Mr. Robin the French Wizard. London: J. Miles & Co., [1862]. Illustrated handbill printed on both sides and advertising the appearance of the French conjurer at the Egyptian Hall presenting both illusions and a magic lantern show over one decade prior to the assumption of the lease there by Maskelyne & Cooke. With an illustration of the Hall to the recto and an illustrated London street map to the verso showing the location of the Egyptian Hall and the 1862 Exhibition. Darkened and soiled with old fold lines. SCARCE.
Robin was apparently the first magician to perform at the Egyptian Hall. His run at the future “home of mystery” was for some 300 performances in 1862.