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List of some | List of some early books containing magic related material: | ||
* [[De viribus quantitatis]] (On The Powers Of Numbers), [[Luca Pacioli]] (in Italian between [[1496]] and [[1508]], limited publication by Conjuring Arts Research Center) | |||
* [[A Brief and Pleasaunt Treatise]], entituled, natural and artificial conclusions ([[1581]]) Thomas Hill | * [[A Brief and Pleasaunt Treatise]], entituled, natural and artificial conclusions ([[1581]]) Thomas Hill | ||
* The [[Discoverie of Witchcraft]] by [[Reginald Scot]] ([[1584]]) | * The [[Discoverie of Witchcraft]] by [[Reginald Scot]] ([[1584]]) | ||
* [[Clever and Pleasant Inventions]] ([[1584]]) by [[Jean | * [[Clever and Pleasant Inventions]] ([[1584]]) by [[Jean Prévost]] (In French in 1584, translated to English in 1998). | ||
* [[The Art of Juggling or Legerdemaine]] ([[1612]]) | * [[The Art of Juggling or Legerdemaine]] ([[1612]]) | ||
* [[Mathematical Recreations]] ([[1633]]) - Henry Van Etten | * [[Mathematical Recreations]] ([[1633]]) - Henry Van Etten | ||
* [[Hocus Pocus Junior]] The Anatomie Of Legerdemain ([[1634]]) | * [[Hocus Pocus Junior]] The Anatomie Of Legerdemain ([[1634]]) | ||
* The [[Mysteryes of Nature and Art]] (fourth edition, | * The [[Mysteryes of Nature and Art]] (fourth edition, 1654) - Bate | ||
* A [[Candle in the Dark]] (1655) - Ady | * A [[Candle in the Dark]] (1655) - Ady | ||
* [[Magia natvralis libri viginti]] or [[Natural Magick]] (English 1658 and 1669) - John Baptista Porta | * [[Magia natvralis libri viginti]] or [[Natural Magick]] (English 1658 and 1669) - John Baptista Porta | ||
* [[Récréations mathématiques et physiques]] by [[Jacques Ozanam]] (1694) | * [[Récréations mathématiques et physiques]] by [[Jacques Ozanam]] ([[1694]]) | ||
* [[Round About Our Coal Fire]]: or, Christmas | * [[Round About Our Coal Fire]]: or, Christmas Entertainments (circa 1700) | ||
* [[Hocus Pocus: or, A Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities]] (circa 1700) - White | * [[Hocus Pocus: or, A Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities]] (circa 1700) - White | ||
* [[Arts Improvement]]:or, Choice Experiments (1703) - Snow | * [[Arts Improvement]]:or, Choice Experiments (1703) - Snow | ||
* [[Art's Treasury]] | * [[Art's Treasury]] of rarities and curious inventions (1700s) - John White | ||
* [[Recreations Mathematical and Physical]] (1708) Jacques Ozanam (translation of | * [[Récréations mathématiques et physiques|Recreations Mathematical and Physical]] ([[1708]]) Jacques Ozanam (translation of 1694 book) | ||
* The [[Old Hocus Pocus]] (circa 1710) | * The [[Old Hocus Pocus]] (circa 1710) | ||
* [[Legerdemain]]: or, Natural and Artificial Conclusions and Hocus Pocus Improved (1710) | * [[Legerdemain]]: or, Natural and Artificial Conclusions and Hocus Pocus Improved ([[1710]]) | ||
* [[The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious]] (1716) - Richard Neve | * [[The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious]] ([[1716]]) - Richard Neve | ||
* [[Hocus Pocus: or, The Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities Broke Open]] (1721) - Richard Neve | * [[Hocus Pocus: or, The Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities Broke Open]] ([[1721]]) - Richard Neve | ||
* The [[Whole Art of Legerdemain]] ( | * The [[Whole Art of Legerdemain]] ([[1722]]) - Dean | ||
* [[Rational Recreations]] ([[1774]]) - Dr. W. Hooper | |||
* [[Rational Recreations]] (1774) - Dr. W. Hooper | * [[Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments]] ([[1784]]) - Pinetti | ||
* [[Breslaw's Last Legacy]] (1784) | * [[Breslaw's Last Legacy]] (1784) | ||
* [[Natural Magic]]: or Physical Amusernents Revealed (1785) - Astley | * [[Natural Magic]]: or Physical Amusernents Revealed ([[1785]]) - Astley | ||
* The [[Conjurer Unmasked]] (1785 and 1788) - Denton | * The [[Conjurer Unmasked]] (1785 and 1788) - Denton | ||
* The [[Conjurer's Repository]] (1795) - Anonymous | * The [[Conjurer's Repository]] ([[1795]]) - Anonymous | ||
* [[Hocus Pocus, or, The Art of Conjuration]] (1795) | * [[Hocus Pocus, or, The Art of Conjuration]] (1795) | ||
* The [[Conjurer Unmasked, or the Magical Mirror]] (1795) | * The [[Conjurer Unmasked, or the Magical Mirror]] (1795) | ||
* [[Cabinet of Knowledge]] (1796 ) - Gale | * [[Cabinet of Knowledge]] ([[1796]]) - Gale | ||
* [[An Evening's Amusement, The Merry Thought]]; An Excellent and Right-Merry Collection of Capital Tricks (circa 1800) | * [[An Evening's Amusement, The Merry Thought]]; An Excellent and Right-Merry Collection of Capital Tricks (circa 1800) | ||
* The [[Expositor]] or Many Mysteries Unravelled (1805) - William Frederick Pinchbeck | * The [[Expositor]] or Many Mysteries Unravelled ([[1805]]) - William Frederick Pinchbeck | ||
* The [[New Art of Hocus Pocus Revived]] (1808) | * The [[New Art of Hocus Pocus Revived]] ([[1808]]) | ||
* The [[Petit Sorcerer]], or, The Conjurer Unmasked (1808) | * The [[Petit Sorcerer]], or, The Conjurer Unmasked (1808) | ||
* The [[London Conjurer]] (1812) | * The [[London Conjurer]] ([[1812]]) | ||
* [[Hocus Pocus, or, the New and Complete Art of Conjuring]] (circa 1820) | * [[Hocus Pocus, or, the New and Complete Art of Conjuring]] (circa 1820) | ||
* The [[Modern Conjuror, or, Complete Guide to Sleight of Hand]] (1822) | * The [[Modern Conjuror, or, Complete Guide to Sleight of Hand]] ([[1822]]) | ||
* [[Art of Conjuring Made Easy]] (1822) | * [[Art of Conjuring Made Easy]] (1822) | ||
* The [[Universal Conjurer]] (1829) | * The [[Juggler's Oracle]], or, the Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open (1826) | ||
* The [[Universal Conjurer]] ([[1829]]) | |||
* [[The Whole Art of Legerdemain]] (1829). | * [[The Whole Art of Legerdemain]] (1829). | ||
* [[Fireside Amusements]] (Edinburgh, [[1850]]). | |||
* [[Fireside Amusements]] (Edinburgh, 1850). | * [[Magical Recreations]], or The Whole Art of Legerdemain; Explained and Made Easy for all Capacities by J. Victor, (Bristol, circa 1850) | ||
* [[Magical Recreations]], or The Whole Art of | |||
* [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Devoilee]] or New White Magic Explained and Complete Course of Prestigitation (1853-1854) - [[J.N. Ponsin]] | * [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Devoilee]] or New White Magic Explained and Complete Course of Prestigitation (1853-1854) - [[J.N. Ponsin]] | ||
* [[Memoirs of Robert-Houdin]] (1859 - first U.S. Edition) - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (Translated to English from French by Lascelles Wraxall). | * [[Memoirs of Robert-Houdin]] ([[1859]] - first U.S. Edition) - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (Translated to English from French by Lascelles Wraxall). | ||
* [[Les Secrets de la prestidigitation et de la magie]] ([[1868]]), which is Secrets Of Conjuring And Magic ([[1876]]) - [[Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin]] | |||
* [[Modern Magic ]](1876) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis) | * [[Modern Magic ]](1876) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis) | ||
* [[Sleight of Hand]] by [[Edwin Sachs]], ([[1877]]) | |||
* [[Sleight of Hand]] by [[Edwin Sachs]], (1877) | * [[Conjuror Dick]] ([[1885]]) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis) | ||
* [[Conjuror Dick]] (1885) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis) | * [[40 Years A Gambler On The Mississippi]] ([[1887]]) - George Devol | ||
* [[40 Years A Gambler On The Mississippi]] (1887) - George Devol | * [[More Magic]] ([[1890]]) - [[Professor Hoffmann]] (Angelo Lewis) | ||
* [[More Magic]] (1890) - [[Professor Hoffmann]] (Angelo Lewis) | * [[Magical Experiments]] ([[1892]]) - Arthur Good (Translated to English from French) | ||
* [[Magical Experiments]] (1892) - Arthur Good (Translated to English from French) | * [[Sharps and Flats]] ([[1894]]) [[John Neville Maskelyne]] | ||
* [[Sharps and Flats]] (1894) [[John Neville Maskelyne]] | * The [[Modern Wizard]] ([[1896]]) - A. Roterberg | ||
* The [[Modern Wizard]] (1896) - A. Roterberg | |||
* [[Latter Day Tricks]] (1896) - A. Roterberg | * [[Latter Day Tricks]] (1896) - A. Roterberg | ||
* [[New Era Card Tricks]] (1897) - A. Roterberg | * [[New Era Card Tricks]] ([[1897]]) - A. Roterberg | ||
* [[Conjuring for Amateurs]] (1897) - [[Ellis Stanyon]] | * [[Conjuring for Amateurs]] (1897) - [[Ellis Stanyon]] | ||
* [[20 Years a Fakir]] (1899) - S. James Weldon | * [[20 Years a Fakir]] (1899) - S. James Weldon | ||
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[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
[[Category:Collecting]] | [[Category:Collecting]] | ||
[[Category:Bibliographies]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:49, 23 March 2018
List of some early books containing magic related material:
- De viribus quantitatis (On The Powers Of Numbers), Luca Pacioli (in Italian between 1496 and 1508, limited publication by Conjuring Arts Research Center)
- A Brief and Pleasaunt Treatise, entituled, natural and artificial conclusions (1581) Thomas Hill
- The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot (1584)
- Clever and Pleasant Inventions (1584) by Jean Prévost (In French in 1584, translated to English in 1998).
- The Art of Juggling or Legerdemaine (1612)
- Mathematical Recreations (1633) - Henry Van Etten
- Hocus Pocus Junior The Anatomie Of Legerdemain (1634)
- The Mysteryes of Nature and Art (fourth edition, 1654) - Bate
- A Candle in the Dark (1655) - Ady
- Magia natvralis libri viginti or Natural Magick (English 1658 and 1669) - John Baptista Porta
- Récréations mathématiques et physiques by Jacques Ozanam (1694)
- Round About Our Coal Fire: or, Christmas Entertainments (circa 1700)
- Hocus Pocus: or, A Rich Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities (circa 1700) - White
- Arts Improvement:or, Choice Experiments (1703) - Snow
- Art's Treasury of rarities and curious inventions (1700s) - John White
- Recreations Mathematical and Physical (1708) Jacques Ozanam (translation of 1694 book)
- The Old Hocus Pocus (circa 1710)
- Legerdemain: or, Natural and Artificial Conclusions and Hocus Pocus Improved (1710)
- The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious (1716) - Richard Neve
- Hocus Pocus: or, The Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities Broke Open (1721) - Richard Neve
- The Whole Art of Legerdemain (1722) - Dean
- Rational Recreations (1774) - Dr. W. Hooper
- Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments (1784) - Pinetti
- Breslaw's Last Legacy (1784)
- Natural Magic: or Physical Amusernents Revealed (1785) - Astley
- The Conjurer Unmasked (1785 and 1788) - Denton
- The Conjurer's Repository (1795) - Anonymous
- Hocus Pocus, or, The Art of Conjuration (1795)
- The Conjurer Unmasked, or the Magical Mirror (1795)
- Cabinet of Knowledge (1796) - Gale
- An Evening's Amusement, The Merry Thought; An Excellent and Right-Merry Collection of Capital Tricks (circa 1800)
- The Expositor or Many Mysteries Unravelled (1805) - William Frederick Pinchbeck
- The New Art of Hocus Pocus Revived (1808)
- The Petit Sorcerer, or, The Conjurer Unmasked (1808)
- The London Conjurer (1812)
- Hocus Pocus, or, the New and Complete Art of Conjuring (circa 1820)
- The Modern Conjuror, or, Complete Guide to Sleight of Hand (1822)
- Art of Conjuring Made Easy (1822)
- The Juggler's Oracle, or, the Whole Art of Legerdemain Laid Open (1826)
- The Universal Conjurer (1829)
- The Whole Art of Legerdemain (1829).
- Fireside Amusements (Edinburgh, 1850).
- Magical Recreations, or The Whole Art of Legerdemain; Explained and Made Easy for all Capacities by J. Victor, (Bristol, circa 1850)
- Nouvelle Magie Blanche Devoilee or New White Magic Explained and Complete Course of Prestigitation (1853-1854) - J.N. Ponsin
- Memoirs of Robert-Houdin (1859 - first U.S. Edition) - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (Translated to English from French by Lascelles Wraxall).
- Les Secrets de la prestidigitation et de la magie (1868), which is Secrets Of Conjuring And Magic (1876) - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
- Modern Magic (1876) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis)
- Sleight of Hand by Edwin Sachs, (1877)
- Conjuror Dick (1885) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis)
- 40 Years A Gambler On The Mississippi (1887) - George Devol
- More Magic (1890) - Professor Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis)
- Magical Experiments (1892) - Arthur Good (Translated to English from French)
- Sharps and Flats (1894) John Neville Maskelyne
- The Modern Wizard (1896) - A. Roterberg
- Latter Day Tricks (1896) - A. Roterberg
- New Era Card Tricks (1897) - A. Roterberg
- Conjuring for Amateurs (1897) - Ellis Stanyon
- 20 Years a Fakir (1899) - S. James Weldon
- Modern Coin Manipulation (1900) - T. Nelson Downs
- The Magician's Handbook (1901) - P.T. Selbit
- The Modern Conjuror and Drawing Room Entertainer (1902) - C. Lang Neil
- Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards (1902) - Later published as The Expert At The Card Table.
- Card Tricks and How To Do Them (1902) - August Roterberg
- Modern Magician's Hand Book (1902) - William J. Hilliar
- The Art of Modern Conjuring and Drawing Room Entertainment (1909) - Anonymous