Micheli, Pietro: They Lived By Tricks ©2012 Pietro Micheli Softcover, perfect-bound, 8.5x11", 241 pages

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Comments: Limited edition. High production quality. An insight on a handful of 18th century conjurers' lives: Tomaso Palatino, Highman Palatine, Philip Breslaw and Herman Boaz, with some hints on Giuseppe Pinetti, Philip Astley, Katterfelto, Mr. Lane, Prussia, Mexville and others.
A new, greatly expanded, hardcover edition of this book has been released in 2017.

Contents (courtesy Evan Shuster, magicbooks.be):

7 List of Illustrations
11 Preface
15 Chapter I: Tomaso Palatino
28 Chapter II: Highman Palatine
65 Chapter III: Philip Breslaw
161 Chapter IV: Herman Boaz
235 Afterword and acknowledgements
237 Index of names