DECREMPS, Henri (1746 – 1829). Engraved Portrait of Henri Decremps. [Paris, 1784]. Handsome steel engraving shows the magician and author nailing a chosen card to the wall with the shot from a pistol. Originally the frontispiece to his influential work, La Magie Blanche Dévoilée. Gilt wooden frame, 12 x 9". From the John Braun collection, with handwritten notes by Ken Klosterman to the verso.