Hocus pocus, or The whole art of legerdemain, in perfection : by which the meanest capacity may perform the whole without the help of a teacher : together with the use of all the instruments belonging thereto : to which is now added abundance of new and rare inventions
Hocus Pocus, a 1795 Philadelphia manual of conjuring and legerdemain printed by Mathew Carey for amateur magicians who lacked a teacher, compiled under Henry Dean's name. The woodcut pictures show conjuring apparatus such as a bell-shaped cover, a funnel-like cup, and a stand with curled supports, plus a magician performing at a draped table, offering a designer simple, bold line shapes and a gentle period engraving style.
