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Sports and Pastimes "or, Sport for the city, and pastime for the country; with a touch of hocus pocus, or leger-demain " by anonymous (1676).
Contains prop bets, practical jokes, and magic including: Ball and Vase (possible the earliest reference), Cut and Restored Han kerchief Trouble Wit as well as a reference to an early dealer.
Edition
- First edition (1676) - only two were known to exist at the time of the 1999 reprint.
- Reprint of the 1676 edition by Steve Burton. (1999)