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Title

  • Dictionnaire encyclopédique des amusemens des sciences mathématiques et physiques : des procédés curieux des arts, des tours récréatifs & subtils de la magie blanche, & des découvertes ingénieuses & variées de l'industrie

Other Title

  • Title from atlas: Recueil des planches du Dictionnaire encyclopédique des amusemens des sciences mathématiques et physiques

Names

  • Lacombe, Jacques, 1724-1811.
  • Bénard, Robert, 1734-
  • Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Paris : Panckoucke, 1792.

Headings

  • -  Scientific recreations--Early works to 1800
  • -  Magic tricks--Early works to 1800
  • -  Science--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  The folded plates in the text v. are tables.
  • -  Signatures: pi1 2pi² A-5R⁴ (last leaf blank).
  • -  The plates in the atlas are signed: Benard direxit.
  • -  Two plates in the atlas are double.
  • -  LC copy of the atlas imperfect: wanting t.p. Text v. wanting final blank.
  • -  Copy 3 Atlas formerly shelved at Q164.B4 Copy 1. he04 2010-05-17
  • -  LAC scc 2018-10-10 update
  • -  LAC ecr 2018-10-17 review (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2021-03-02 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [4], vij-viij, 870, [2] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. (woodcuts), music ; 27 cm. (4to) + atlas ([2] p., [88] leaves of plates (86 plates) : ill., music (engravings) ; 30 cm.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AE25 .E5 vol. 8-9
  • Q164 .L2 Copy 1 Imperfect: atlas wanting. Bookplate of the Library of Brown University, with its release stamp. Bookseller's label: G.E. Stechert & Co., New York.
  • Q164 .L2 Copy 2 Imperfect: atlas only. With inscription and transmittal letter from G. [?] Radiguet, Radiguet & fils, Paris, to "Mon cher Monsieur", 3 Apr. 1887, [1] leaf, tipped in.
  • Q164 .L2 Copy 3 A made-up set. Text v. notes that Houdini "bot" the book from the magician Verli (or Le Verli) in March 1909, and that Verli had received it with other material from Robert Houdin. Houdini had the book rebound, and it has his autograph. 1 ms. leaf, with drawing of a stage, laid in. Wanting final blank. Atlas is imperfect, wanting t.p.; spine title is Magic. Has signed port. of Houdini, mounted on p. [2] of cover.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 54047344

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lacombe, Jacques, Robert Bénard, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection, and Harry Houdini Collection. Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Des Amusemens Des Sciences Mathématiques Et Physiques: Des Procédés Curieux Des Arts, Des Tours Récréatifs & Subtils De La Magie Blanche, & Des Découvertes Ingénieuses & Variées De L'industrie. Paris: Panckoucke, 1792. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/54047344/.

APA citation style:

Lacombe, J., Bénard, R., Pre-1801 Imprint Collection & Harry Houdini Collection. (1792) Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Des Amusemens Des Sciences Mathématiques Et Physiques: Des Procédés Curieux Des Arts, Des Tours Récréatifs & Subtils De La Magie Blanche, & Des Découvertes Ingénieuses & Variées De L'industrie. Paris: Panckoucke. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/54047344/.

MLA citation style:

Lacombe, Jacques, et al. Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Des Amusemens Des Sciences Mathématiques Et Physiques: Des Procédés Curieux Des Arts, Des Tours Récréatifs & Subtils De La Magie Blanche, & Des Découvertes Ingénieuses & Variées De L'industrie. Paris: Panckoucke, 1792. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/54047344/>.