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Henry Dean
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Henry Dean is the author, declared on the title page, of the book The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection, first published in London in 1722.
| Henry Dean | |
| Born | ? |
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| Died | ? |
| Categories | Books by Henry Dean |
There has been controversy among several bibliographers as to who Henry Dean was and even if he was actually the author of the book.
Dean was conjectured to be a magic dealer, a book dealer, or an 18th-century publisher of the same name.[1]
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- ↑ Hocus Pocus The Perfection of the Whole Art of Legerdemain by David Meyer in The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies, Vol. XI, no. 2, 2007