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    THE
    MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK,

    OR THE
    WHOLE ART OF CONJURING.

    BEING A
    COMPLETE HAND-BOOK OF PARLOR MAGIC,

    AND CONTAINING
    OVER ONE THOUSAND

    OPTICAL, CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, MAGNETICAL, AND MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS,
    AMUSING TRANSMUTATIONS, ASTONISHING SLEIGHTS AND SUBTLETIES,
    CELEBRATED CARD DECEPTIONS, INGENIOUS TRICKS WITH NUMBERS,
    CURIOUS AND ENTERTAINING PUZZLES, TOGETHER WITH
    ALL THE MOST NOTED TRICKS OF MODERN PERFORMERS.
    THE WHOLE

    ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 500 WOOD CUTS,

    AND