- Title:
- Parlour magic.
- Published / Created:
- London : Whitehead & Compy, MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
- Physical Description:
- vii, [2], iv-viii, [2],183, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- The title page is wood-engraved.
- Contents:
- Transmutation -- Sight and sound -- Light and heat -- Gas and steam -- Fire, water, and air -- Sleights and subtleties -- Melange.
- Subject Terms:
- Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature. | Magic tricks -- Juvenile literature. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Magic tricks. | Scientific recreations.
- Form/Genre:
- Juvenile works. | Children's books -- England -- 1838. | Wood Engravings -- 1838. | Publisher's advertisements.
- Contributors:
- Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860, engraver. | Whitehead and Co. (London, England), publisher.