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[[Close Up Magic]] has changed over the years and some of the earliest recent histories may be told from the title of two [[Jean Hugard]] books, <i>[[Sealed Mysteries of Pocket Magic]]</i> (1930) and <i>[[Close-up Magic for the Night Club Magician]]</i> (1938) .<sup>1</sup>

Close-up magic was first recorded in history by Cillica, a Roman philosopher and writer. He observed sleight-of-hand magic in the open air markets of Ancient Rome. The trick he noted, made use of cups and balls, something still familiar to magicians to this day.<sup>2</sup> Hieronymus Bosch depicted a magician working with a pick-pocket in his 1500's painting, "The Conjurer"<sup>2,3</sup>

The term itself is a relatively recent, not used until the 1920s. Prior to then it was sometimes called "Close-Quarters Magic." [citation?], while during the 1920'3-30's, Vest Pocket Magic was used (4). Then later parlor or salon magic.

== References ==
<sup>1</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_%28illusion%29 Magic (Illusion) On Wikipedia], <i>Types of Magic</i><Br />
<sup>2</sup> BBC's <i>History Of Magic - Close Up Magic</i>  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JYbTLNRTuc&feature=related Also On YouTube]<br />
<sup>3</sup> Hieronymus Bosch's  painting <i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conjurer_%28painting%29 The Conjurer]</i><BR />
(4) Linking Ring, Vol. 11, No. 7, September 1931. Article by S.B. Blodgett.

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