Yale Center for British Art

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.