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PIESSE, G.W. SEPTIMUS (1820 - 1882). Chymical and Natural and Physical Magic. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1865. Third edition. Patterned colorful cloth. Hold-to-light frontispiece (the image revealed when the page is held to a candle’s flame; this example unscorched), illustrations throughout. 8vo. Rubbing to cloth; very good. Dawes bookplate. Toole Stott 561. This edition contains miscellaneous conjuring feats earlier editions did not.
Sold together with the 1858 edition, Toole Stott 559 (lacking the frontispiece and in fair to poor condition).