Hiji hyakusen 秘事百撰 A Hundred Writings on Secret Matters

by Fukui, Chitokusai 智德齋, Beihyakusai 米百齋, 福井

$2,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Many woodcut illus. 46.5; 41.5; 42.5 folding leaves. Three vols. 12mo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers minor wear with orig. title slips one quite rubbed , new stitching. Osaka: Vol. I : Harimaya Gorōbei 播磨屋五郎兵衛, 1827 ; Vol. II : Itamiya Zenbei 伊丹屋善兵衛, 1852; Vol. III : Kawachiya Genshichirō 河内屋源七郎, 1867. A complete set of this rare and influential magic book. The illustrations depict many tricks, including a

• Binding: Wrappers

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