1745. Uveselitel'noe volshebstvo, ili Otkrytie chudesnykh i udivitel'nykh tainstvennykh opytov...
A Russian edition of Henri Decremps's guide to conjuring and mechanical illusions, published in 1791 and translated for amateur performers and curious readers of the late eighteenth century. Copperplate figures show trick cabinets, chests of drawers and stands in elevation and cutaway, with numbered parts, levers and hidden compartments, alongside woodcut headpieces of ribbon-tied flower swags.
