Breslaw's Last Legacy

Collection Data

Names
Breslaw, Philip, 1726-1803 (Author)
Bridges, Milton Arlanden, 1894-1939 (Former owner)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1792
Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold at no. 48, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; J. Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; and all booksellers and stationers
Edition: 10th ed., with great additions and improvements
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: MZC [RBS] 97-852 (Breslaw. Breslaw's last legacy)
Topics
Magic tricks -- Early works to 1800
Amusements -- Early works to 1800
Occultism -- Early works to 1800
Electricity -- Early works to 1800
Electricity -- Physiological effect
Balloons -- Early works to 1800
Notes
Citation/reference: Price, Harry. Short-title cat. of works on psychical research ..., p. 116
Citation/reference: Clarke, Sidney and Blind, Adolphe. Bibl. of conjuring, p. 14
Citation/reference: Hall, Trevor. Bibl. of books on conjuring in English, 44
Citation/reference: Toole-Stott, R. Conjuring, 131
Biographical/historical: "Breslaw, who died in 1803, may have compiled the eighteenth-century editions ... It is clear, however, that he was not responsible for the many small pamphlets of the same title published in the early nineteenth century."--Hall, Trevor. Old conjuring books.
Content: Signatures: [A]² B-I⁶ K⁴.
Physical Description
Extent: Iv, [1], 10-112 p. :ill. ;20 cm. (12mo)
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 29938076
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13349393
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c76532f0-fe13-013d-c8cf-0242ac110002
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