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This book includes detailed work on the [[Cups and Balls]] | This book includes detailed work on the [[Cups and Balls]], the first version of the [[Stack of Pence]] (also known now as "Stack of Quarters") and the Bonus Genius (Jean de la Vigne). | ||
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Hocus Pocus Junior:The Anatomie of Legerdemain by anonymous was a 52 page book first published in 1634. It was the first illustrated book in the English language devoted entirely to the subject of magic and possibly the first from the viewpoint of a performing magician. Little is known about the actual author.
| Hocus Pocus Junior | |
| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 1634 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 52 |
This book includes detailed work on the Cups and Balls, the first version of the Stack of Pence (also known now as "Stack of Quarters") and the Bonus Genius (Jean de la Vigne).
Author
At 27th Collectors' Day held at the headquarters of the Magic Circle on 25 May, 2002, Dr. Philip Butterworth, Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Leeds. Dr. Butterworth's presented research that a William Vincent was the possible author.
Editions
- Thirteen editions of Hocus Pocus Junior were noted by the English bibliographer Raymond Toole Stott in Bibliography of English Conjuring 1596-1876 (published in 1976). The illustrations in the second and third editions are cleaner than the illustrations in the first and they also additional material is explained.
- 1634
- Third Edition 1638
- Fifth Edition 1658 - Spelled "Juinor"
- Seventh Edition 1671
- Tenth Edition 1683
- 1686
- Twelfth Edition 1691
- Steve Burton published a hardcover edition, of the 1634 first edition (1997)