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WITGEEST, Simon

Het nieuw' Vermeerdert Natuurlyk tover-boek of Speel-toneel der Konsten [...]
Amsterdam/Brussel
Jan ten Hoorn / E. De Grieck
1715
€120 - €180

8°, 518, [50] pp, zonder titelprent, 94 houtsneden in tekst, wormgaatjes in marge, 19de eeuwse kartonnage. Bijgevoegd: 'Het nieuw tooverboek'. Gent, Snoeck-Ducaju, z.d. Orig. geïll. uitg. kaftje + 'De kunst van kaartleggen en waarzeggen'. Alkmaar, P. Kluitman, z.d. Met uitv. handleiding handlezen, orig. uitg. kaftje. (3)

10th edition of a very popular book on magical and practical tricks regarding physics. It was probably written by the Dutch writer Willem Goeree, published under a pseudonym. Richly illustrated with 94 woodcuts as an aid to explaining the tricks, experiments and methods