# Louis Comte

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{{Short description|French magician (1788-1859)}}
[[File:Portrait-charge de Louis-Christian-Emmanuel-Apollinaire Comte (1788-1859), prestidigitateur et physicien du roi Charles, S1025 (1 of 3).jpg|thumb|Statuette of Louis Comte by [Jean-Pierre Dantan](/source/Jean-Pierre_Dantan) ([Musée Carnavalet](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet)).]]

'''Louis Apollinaire Christien Emmanuel Comte''' "The King's Conjurer" (born [Geneva](/source/Geneva), 22 June 1788 – [Rueil](/source/Rueil), 25 November 1859), also known simply as '''Comte''', was a celebrated nineteenth-century [Paris](/source/Paris)ian magician, greatly admired by [Robert-Houdin](/source/Robert-Houdin).

He performed for [Louis XVIII](/source/Louis_XVIII) at the [Tuileries Palace](/source/Tuileries_Palace) and was made a [Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur](/source/Chevalier_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d'Honneur) by [Louis-Philippe](/source/Louis-Philippe). He was sometimes called "The Conjurer of the Three Kings" (Louis XVIII, [Charles X](/source/Charles_X_of_France), and Louis-Philippe).<ref>Jacques Voignier, ''preface'' to ''The Magic of Robert-Houdin: An Artist's Life'' [http://www.miraclefactory.net/roberthoudinpreface.htm at The Miracle Factory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121035813/http://www.miraclefactory.net/roberthoudinpreface.htm |date=2008-11-21 }}</ref> In 1814, Comte became the first conjurer on record to [pull a white rabbit out of a top hat](/source/Hat-trick_(magic_trick))<ref>Colin McDowell, ''Hats: Status, Style, and Glamour'', 1992, p. 74. {{ISBN|0-8478-1572-2}}.</ref> though this is also attributed to the much later [John Henry Anderson](/source/John_Henry_Anderson).<ref>[QI](/source/QI), [A Series, Episode 3](/source/QI_(A_series))</ref>

Comte owned the [Théâtre Comte](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Comte) [passage des Panoramas](/source/passage_des_Panoramas) of the [2nd arrondissement of Paris](/source/2nd_arrondissement_of_Paris) and another one in the Passage Choiseul.

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File:Paris, France, Admission Jeton Token Théâtre Comte, Passage Choiseul, ND (1827 - 1846), reverse.jpg|Admission token Théâtre Comte, passage Choiseul, for a family of 4, reverse.
File:Paris, France, Admission Jeton Token Théâtre Comte, Passage Choiseul, ND (1827 - 1846), obverse.jpg|Admission token Théâtre Comte, passage Choiseul, for a family of 4, obverse.
</gallery>

== Bibliography ==
* Milbourne Christopher, [David Copperfield](/source/David_Copperfield_(magician)), ''The Illustrated History of Magic'', 2005, p.&nbsp;133. {{ISBN|0-7867-1688-6}}.
* Henry Ridgely Evans, ''The Old and the New Magic'', Chicago, 1906. Reprinted 2006, {{ISBN|1-4286-3672-2}}. p.&nbsp;150''ff''.
* Paul Courville, Magic Tokens 2020, p. 32-33,  {{ISBN|1727158539}} @ www.magictoken.org

==References==
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Category:French magicians
Category:People from Geneva
Category:1788 births
Category:1859 deaths
Category:People from the Republic of Geneva

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