Alberti, Giuseppe Francesco Antonio | Fun with numbers and dexterous card tricks

Alberti, Giuseppe Francesco Antonio
I giochi numerici fatti arcani…Bologna: Bartolomeo Borghi, 1747

8vo (178 x 121 mm). 16 engraved plates, numerous text diagrams; occasional light scattered foxing, *4 rubbed, costing some text in 9 lines at bottom, quire P toned. Contemporary limp vellum, brown lettering piece; lettering piece chipped.

First edition of this popular treatise on number games, which also contains various sleight of hand tricks illustrated in the 16 plates. In addition, the fourth part contains recipes for separating wine from water, making powdered ink to take on a trip, removing ink stains and grease from books and paper, etc.

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