LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC - Brewster, 1868 - MAGIC INVENTIONS ALCHEMY SECRET SOCIETIES first printing of "The Prognostic

first printing of "The Prognostic Astronomer or Horary Astrology" from 1851 by Dr

Drake & Co

Rare publisher's review copy of "Onions and Cucumbers and Plums: 46 Yiddish Poems in English" by Sarah Zweig Betsky

including wrinkling to back board (appears to be common with this book)

LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC - Brewster, 1868 - MAGIC INVENTIONS ALCHEMY SECRET SOCIETIES first printing of "The PrognosticLETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC, ADDRESSED TO SIR WALTER SCOTT Book Details + Condition: William Tegg (London). New Edition, 1868. Hardcover with embossed decorative boards. 424 pages. In his compilation of "Letters on Natural Magic," former child prodigy David Brewster (1781 1868), who invented and named the kaleidoscope in 1816, discusses various natural phenomena as used in magic such as: optical illusions, spectral illusions, magic lantern, feats of