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拍品專文
The French conjurer Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805 - 1871) is revered as the father of modern conjuring. His brother in law Pierre August Chocat, known as Hamilton took over the theatre in 1852
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Robert Houdin,
a printed fan, the pink paper leaf lithographed with a scene of visitors queuing for the conjuring show by Robert Houdin, some visitors even arriving by balloon, published by Decan y Rymer, 19, the verso Souvenir des soirees fantasques de Robert-Houdin, Boulevart (sic) des Italiens - Hamilton, a poem by Hamilton describing the tricks ending: "la suite au prochain eventail", and with four lithographic illustrations of the famous tricks, two signed with monogram MT, inscribed no. 3189 - Imprimerie Guiraudet et Jauaust, 338, rue Saint-Honore, with wooden sticks - 9in. (23cm.), circa 1852, (leaf slightly torn)
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a printed fan, the pink paper leaf lithographed with a scene of visitors queuing for the conjuring show by Robert Houdin, some visitors even arriving by balloon, published by Decan y Rymer, 19, the verso Souvenir des soirees fantasques de Robert-Houdin, Boulevart (sic) des Italiens - Hamilton, a poem by Hamilton describing the tricks ending: "la suite au prochain eventail", and with four lithographic illustrations of the famous tricks, two signed with monogram MT, inscribed no. 3189 - Imprimerie Guiraudet et Jauaust, 338, rue Saint-Honore, with wooden sticks - 9in. (23cm.), circa 1852, (leaf slightly torn)
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拍場告示
The fan illustrated on Plate 3, third fan in column one is the verso of lot 25, not lot 28 as indicated.