Hocus pocus, or, The whole art of legerdemain in perfection : by which the meanest capacity may perform the whole art without a teacher together with the use of all the instruments belonging thereto to which is now added, abundance of new and rare inventions, the like never before in print, but much desired by many / written by Henry Dean.
A magic manual titled Hocus pocus, written by Henry Dean and published in Glasgow in 1886 for amateurs who want to learn stage legerdemain without a teacher. The pictures are small black-and-white wood engravings with dense parallel hatching, showing a conjuror's props such as a cloth-wrapped bundle, a cup, a stand with spikes, and a set of cones, and they suggest ways to render simple objects and staged tricks with crisp, high-contrast line.
