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Testament de Jérôme Sharp

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Testament de Jerome Sharp was Henri Decremps's third book devoted to magic published in Template:Book.

This was on of the earliest book on the theory of magic, which went further then just explaining how individual tricks worked. Decremps proposed and explain general principles .

Some of Decremps' "Immortal" Principles which are still accepted by most magicians today:

  1. Never announce beforehand the trick you are about to do.
  2. Have several ways of doing the same trick.
  3. Never do the same trick twice.

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