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HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839–1919). Modern Magic. A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1876]. FIRST EDITION, with publisher's engraved seal to title page. Dark green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black, with black hat and gold cone to front board. Engraved frontispiece of The Sphinx illusion, profusion of illustrations. Thick 8vo. Dawes bookplate. Hinges contemporarily paper taped and binding loose, cloth generally rubbed and worn, lacks tissue guard, minor soiling, ownership signature and label to one endpaper. Good. Toole Stott 386.