Published in France in 1584, Prevost's Clever & Pleasant Inventions is the earliest known books completely devoted to conjuring's secrets, and one of the very rarest. Unfamiliar to all but a few, even in France, the complete text of this landmark of conjuring literature has been meticulously translated into English and copiously annotated. Ever wonder what tricks and methods your magical ancestors knew and used over 400 years ago? You are in for some surprises. 84 tricks, feats and stunts are described in painstaking detail by Prevost in his masterwork. Over 250 pages, designed and typeset in close simulation to the French original, this important volume is being produced in a deluxe edition of only 700 copies, sure to please both the student of magic and the bibliophile.