Marco's Comments:
This book comes from the estate of dr. Fusilli, an amateur from Brescia, and I swapped it for a trick (die cube) with Alex Rusconi. The book contains a reproduction of a postcard from Bustelli to dr. Fusilli and a short article, unfortunately quite superficial, on dr. Fusilli.
I already read the book, altough another edition (8th, I suspect) many years ago, borrowing it from Virgilio Torizzano. The copy has many annotations from the owner, and contains a scant explanation of many tricks performed by magicians in the first years of the century, among which Houdini's milk can escape (first performed in 1908 in the USA)