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Breslaw's Last Legacy: or, the Conjurer Unmasked, [frontispiece and title page]

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Breslaw's Last Legacy

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Breslaw's Last Legacy: or, the Conjurer Unmasked, [frontispiece and title page]
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Breslaw's Last Legacy: or, the Conjurer Unmasked

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
Genres
Frontispieces
Title pages
Prints
Physical Description
Extent: 2 pages ; 20 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 29938076
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13349393
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 26.501.019
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 00f4ecb0-fe14-013d-f1a1-0242ac110004
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Breslaw's Last Legacy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1792. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/011a3a80-fe14-013d-4fd6-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Breslaw's Last Legacy" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/011a3a80-fe14-013d-4fd6-0242ac110004

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1792). Breslaw's Last Legacy Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/011a3a80-fe14-013d-4fd6-0242ac110004

Wikipedia Citation

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Breslaw's Last Legacy