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[ROBERT-HOUDIN]. Le Cagliostro. Journal des Soirées Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin. Paris: Guiraudet at Jouaust, [1845]. Pictorial broadsheet paper advertising performances of the famed French “father of modern magic” and listing his program on the rear panel; interior pages replete with woodcuts showing the Ethereal Suspension, Bowl Production, and Second Sight, along with other cartoons, and including verses about Robert-Houdin and his tricks. With the subtitle Passe-Temps de l’Entr’acte (intermission pastime). Folio. Old central folds, soiling, chips.Part program and part diversion, these papers were distributed to patrons at the Theatre Robert-Houdin. The pages are filled with jokes about magic tricks and current events, as well as woodcuts and opinions of the press regarding the famed French magician and his performances.