The Juggler's Oracle; or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open / Consisting of all the newest and most surprising tricks and experiments with cards, cups and balls, conveyance of money and rings, boxes, fire, strings and knots; with many curious experiments by optical illusion, chymical changes, and magical cards, &c.

OR, THE WHOLE ART OF Legerdemain Laid Open:
CONSISTING OF ALL THE NEWEST AND MOST SURPRISING TRICKS AND EXPERIMENTS, WITH
CARDS, CUPS AND BALLS, CONVEYANCE OF MONEY AND RINGS, BOXES, FIRE, STRINGS AND KNOTS;
WITH MANY CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS
By Optical Illusion, Chymical Changes, and Magical Cards, &c.
THE WHOLE Illustrated by upwards of Forty Wood Engravings.
BY THE SIEUR H. BOAZ, THIRTY YEARS PROFESSOR OF THE ART.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM COLE, 10, NEWGATE STREET.
PRINTED BY G. H. DAVIDSON, IRELAND YARD, DOCTORS’ COMMONS.
Is an art whereby a person seems to work wonderful, incredible, and almost impossible feats. There is no supernatural or infernal agency in the case; for every trick is performed by nimbleness, agility, and effrontery.
The Operator, or Conjurer, should be a person of bold and undaunted resolution, so as to set a good face upon the matter, in case of the occurrence of any mistake whereby a discovery of the nature of the trick in hand may take place by one of the spectators.
He ought to have a great variety of strange terms and high-sounding words at command, so as to grace his actions, amaze the beholders, and draw their attention from the more minute operations.