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The secrets of stage conjuring is one of the rarest of roberthoudins books on magic. Things magical in the collections of the rare book and special collections division by leonard n. It was roberthoudin, greatest of houdinis precursors, who defined the stage magician as an actor. Jean eug ne roberthoudin 180571 is often called the fat. The old and the new magic by henry ridgely evans published 1906 the place of magic in the intellectual history of europe by lynn thorndike published 1905 the secrets of stage conjuring by jean eugene roberthoudin published 1881 the unmasking of. The secrets of conjuring and magic was a translation to english published in 1878 by prof. Will you see any tricks, of legerdemain, slight of hand, cleanly. American magician and escape artist harry houdini born ehrich weiss was so impressed by roberthoudin that, after reading his autobiography in 1890, ehrich adopted the stage name of houdini in honour of roberthoudin. Even after having been supplemented by the ultimate okito and the ultimate okito addendum, this book the start of the albo brick still is the definitive source for the performing magician. Written by the father of modern magic, jean eug ne roberthoudin.
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