THE ABBOTT'S TEN PRINCIPLE: The principle, generally called Abbott's Ten by the Americans, actually dates back to an Italian manuscript about five hundred years ago (Mariano Tomatis - Messmer in pills - La Lollins and the magic of the sixteenth century - Episode 206).

This publication first describes the standard 10-card routine; I then analyzed the possibility of doing it with a different number of cards, even with tarot cards, and I studied the possibility of doing it in all conditions: in close up, on stage (two versions, one with billets and the other with the Tarot) and even on the phone, with the only audio connection.

STANDARD EFFECT
- Preparation of the cards
- How the effect develops
- Script
- Method
VARIANTS
- Execution on the phone, with the audio connection only
- Method
- Variant with a different number of cards
- Variant with 5 cards
- Example with 8 cards
- Example with 13 cards
- Example with 15 cards or more
- Change in the count
- Variant with cards that, always in sequence, do not start from 1
- Table for variant with 8 cards, from 5 to 12
STAGE ROUTINE, WITH WRITTEN BILLETS
- Preparation of the cards
- How the effect develops
- The secret
- The script
STAGE ROUTINE WITH TAROT
- Marking of cards
- What to "write"
- Preparation of the cards and management of the effect