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Find out how the word legerdemain came to be, why medieval spectators of the cups and balls illusion had to watch their pockets, and more in this list of fun and fantastical facts about the history of magic.
David Copperfield’s archive is crammed with over 100,000 books, costumes, and tricks. And its myriad treasures are documented in “David Copperfield’s History of Magic,” written by Copperfield, Richard Wiseman, and David Britland.