Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of conjuring.
Professor Hoffmann's Modern Magic, issued by Routledge in London and New York in 1885, is a step-by-step manual of conjuring written for amateur performers learning sleight of hand and apparatus tricks. The wood engravings isolate cuffed hands gripping cards, coins, and boxes against blank grounds, with dotted lines and letter keys marking hidden moves, useful as cut-out gesture figures and instructional diagram devices.
