Here's "no-body" from England Under the House of Hanover by Thomas Wright and illustrated by F. W. Fairholt, 1868.

From The Chap-Book Semi-Monthly, 1894.

From England Under the House of Hanover by Thomas Wright and illustrated by F. W. Fairholt, 1868.

From International Studio, 1920.

Here'a a rabbit as the magician, from St. Nicholas magazine, 1910.

From Clara In Blunderland by Lewis Caroline, 1902.

Omaha's first post office, from Stories of Omaha by William E. Broadfield, 1898.

There's more going on with a magician's hat than we're at liberty to discuss, as we see in this ad from 1891.

Here's a precursor to Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat, from Lilliput Lyrics by William Brighty Rands and illustrated by Charles Robinson, 1899.

From The Oxford Thackeray.

"This hat" speaks for itself.  From London and Paris through Indian Spectacles, 1897.