The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 323
he tracings prepared pro-portionably large (pounded chalk being used instead of theblack or red powder in transferring the forms therto), andthe designs made upon these with a piece of chalk, so muchthe better. However, this matters little ; and each one willsuit his or her own taste in that… … This may be done with a pair of compasses, or simply THE MAGIC OF ART. 807 sketched or traced by means of any round object, such asa coin laid flat upon the paper. Fig 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,are given merely as suggestions, the circle forming an im-portant part of their figure. The mind of the…
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