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1648in-8, pp. (128), 844, (20, le ultime 2 bianche), legatura moderna p. perg. rigida, tass. in pelle con tit. oro al dorso. Titolo a stampa rossa e nera, con impresa tipogr. Testo in car. rom. con frequenti passi in greco. Con alcune figure schematiche (a pag. 150 e segg.) e vignette silogr. assai curiose (a pag. 566 e segg.). Dedica dell'autore a Gaspare Coignet de la Thuilerie, ambasciatore di Francia a L'Aia. Prima edizione di questa dottissima opera sull'influenza, reale o supposta, dell'anno climaterico sulla vita dell'uomo. ''On entendait par climatérique chaque septième (année)..., parce que cette période était jugée nécessaire pour le renouvellement intégral de toutes les parties du corps'' (Willems). L'autore (Claude de Saumaise, erudito francese nato a Semur nel 1588 e morto a Maastricht nel 1653) nega decisamente qualsiasi influsso degli astri sulla vita degli uomini, che invece viene regolata semplicemente da leggi naturali. La salute degli individui, in particolare, dipende dalla costituzione fisica, dall'aria, dal clima, dal modo di vivere, ecc. Buon esempl. (piccoli restauri di parti bianche del foglio di titolo).. Caillet III, 9918. Bibl. Magica Casanatense n. 1087. Dorbon 4375. Willems 644. Cantamessa III, n. 7111: ''L'opera ebbe dunque successo, e non so dunque perché si limitò a questa sola edizione''..
1840ref. 9769Harrisburg Pa 1840. Third edition. Small 8vo. 84pp. Quarter calf over marbled boards with rubbing and wear spine faded pages toned and foxed attempted removal of ink writing on front pastedown very good. Early and desirable German-language printing of one of the foundational texts of American folk magic. First published in Pennsylvania in 1820 Hohman's Der Lang Verborgene Freund "The Long-Hidden Friend" became the best-known manual of Pennsylvania Dutch "pow-wow" practice - a uniquely American blend of Christian mysticism folk healing charms protective prayers and practical magic carried into rural German-speaking communities by immigrant traditions. Filled with remedies blessings occult protections and household formulas against illness witchcraft thieves and misfortune the work occupied the fascinating borderland between devotional handbook and grimoire and circulated heavily among everyday practitioners throughout the 19th century. This printing in the original German is especially appealing preserving the linguistic and cultural context from which these traditions emerged before later English-language editions popularized the text for a broader American occult audience. A cornerstone of Pennsylvania Dutch esoterica and among the most influential Christian folk grimoires produced in the United States. . unknown
1959ref. 214711959. Gloye Eugene E. Archive of Autograph letters on Magic late 1950s to mid 1960s document the working methods technical experimentation and intellectual framework of a mid twentieth century American magician engaged in both performance and psychological analysis of illusion. Written primarily to fellow magician Don Tanner these letters provide direct evidence of how tricks were conceived refined and communicated within professional networks revealing the intersection of apparatus design sleight of hand and audience perception. Gloye's dual role as performer and psychologist situates the correspondence within broader developments in performance theory and applied psychology supporting research into the history of magic entertainment culture and the study of deception. Eugene Gloye authored 23 magic books including "For Magicians Only" "Fantastic Tricks with Plastic Cups" and "Theatrical Magic" Archive of sixteen letters spanning approximately the late 1950s through the mid 1960s containing detailed discussions of trick construction performance strategy and experimentation with materials and methods.Throughout the letters Gloye discusses numerous tricks he devised or refined often providing detailed explanations of their mechanics and performance nuances. His correspondence reveals a deep engagement with magical apparatus sleight of hand and psychological deception. One of the more detailed discussions in the letters revolves around Gloye's development of Fan-Ta-Cups which evolved from an earlier trick he had devised Fan-Ta-Bill. On September 5 1961 he describes how the trick was born: "I first got the idea for this cup trick about 14 years ago when I was experimenting with a bill trick which I eventually put on the market. The bill trick also uses a celluloid gimmick and was an adaptation of Liquid Appear. Since I thought of the cup trick at the time of my Fan-Ta-Bill I decided it was fitting to call it 'Fan-Ta-Cups.'" He further explains that while the idea had been percolating in his mind for years he hadn't developed a complete routine for it until recently. Inspired by the classic three-shell game he worked out a performance structure that he believed would make it more engaging. In a letter from July 11 1961 Gloye excitedly shares his thoughts on using hollow plastic golf balls for new magic tricks: "I am convinced that this new golf ball will open up many new trick possibilities. The fact that they come in several colors is also interesting." This suggests that Gloye was experimenting with different materials for manipulation tricks possibly related to vanishing or color-changing effects. Gloye also played with magical history concocting a hoax to see how the magic community would react. In the September 5 1961 letter he reveals his plan: "Last December I got an idea for a variation on the Tip-Over Box. It's just a slightly different way of building it. At first I was going to put it in my 'New Look' series but then as we were talking about it I commented that this trick should have been in Hoffmann. This led to the devilish idea of writing it up in Hoffmann style and publishing it in Genii as a lost page from the original book." He notes that Bill Larsen and another friend were in on the plan and they wanted to see if the trick would be accepted as a legitimate discovery. Another standout trick mentioned in the letters is Gloye's adaptation of Billy McComb's routine using a flap slate and a force deck. On January 31 1961 he explains: "My version which I tried for the first time several days ago with huge success uses one deck and a flap slate. The deck is made like a peek deck but with two cards only. All faces are the same and all concealed cards are the same. Cards which audience sees are trimmed and glued at one end to a second group of 26 duplicates." This approach ensured that the spectator would believe they had freely chosen a card when in fact the outcome was predetermined. Gloye describes modifications he made to a Head Chopper Illusion a prop widely used in stage magic in a February 23 1961 letter: "My version does not retain the Chinese theme. My blade is a simple black affair with a couple of brass stripes across it to make it look more solid. I spent a long time trying to figure out a good lock for the blades Abbott's want you to remove a couple of tacks which hold the blade and this is simply not workable. I ultimately did come up with a practical idea only to abandon it in my current routine." He explains that his routine involved swapping out the real blade for a fake setting up a comedic climax where "carrots fly in all directions" as the blade seemingly falls. This archive is a rare window into the intellectual and technical world of a magician who bridged academia and performance. Gloye's detailed notes on illusion mechanics reflections on the state of magic and collaboration with figures like Bill Larsen and Frances Marshall make this a significant collection for magic historians and collectors alike. Produced during a period of active exchange among professional magicians through correspondence and publications such as The Linking Ring these letters document how knowledge circulated within specialized communities and how innovation often emerged through incremental modification of established techniques. Gloye's attention to apparatus construction coded deception and audience management reflects broader mid century interest in performance psychology while his references to collaborators and publication strategies illustrate the role of print culture and informal networks in shaping the field. As a cohesive manuscript archive the letters preserve the technical language and creative process underlying stage magic offering a detailed record of mid twentieth century illusion practice. Light wear and handling consistent with age with legible manuscript throughout; overall condition very good. unknown
1959ref. 214711959. Gloye Eugene E. Archive of Autograph letters on Magic late 1950s to mid 1960s document the working methods technical experimentation and intellectual framework of a mid twentieth century American magician engaged in both performance and psychological analysis of illusion. Written primarily to fellow magician Don Tanner these letters provide direct evidence of how tricks were conceived refined and communicated within professional networks revealing the intersection of apparatus design sleight of hand and audience perception. Gloye's dual role as performer and psychologist situates the correspondence within broader developments in performance theory and applied psychology supporting research into the history of magic entertainment culture and the study of deception. Eugene Gloye authored 23 magic books including "For Magicians Only" "Fantastic Tricks with Plastic Cups" and "Theatrical Magic" Archive of sixteen letters spanning approximately the late 1950s through the mid 1960s containing detailed discussions of trick construction performance strategy and experimentation with materials and methods.Throughout the letters Gloye discusses numerous tricks he devised or refined often providing detailed explanations of their mechanics and performance nuances. His correspondence reveals a deep engagement with magical apparatus sleight of hand and psychological deception. One of the more detailed discussions in the letters revolves around Gloye's development of Fan-Ta-Cups which evolved from an earlier trick he had devised Fan-Ta-Bill. On September 5 1961 he describes how the trick was born: "I first got the idea for this cup trick about 14 years ago when I was experimenting with a bill trick which I eventually put on the market. The bill trick also uses a celluloid gimmick and was an adaptation of Liquid Appear. Since I thought of the cup trick at the time of my Fan-Ta-Bill I decided it was fitting to call it 'Fan-Ta-Cups.'" He further explains that while the idea had been percolating in his mind for years he hadn't developed a complete routine for it until recently. Inspired by the classic three-shell game he worked out a performance structure that he believed would make it more engaging. In a letter from July 11 1961 Gloye excitedly shares his thoughts on using hollow plastic golf balls for new magic tricks: "I am convinced that this new golf ball will open up many new trick possibilities. The fact that they come in several colors is also interesting." This suggests that Gloye was experimenting with different materials for manipulation tricks possibly related to vanishing or color-changing effects. Gloye also played with magical history concocting a hoax to see how the magic community would react. In the September 5 1961 letter he reveals his plan: "Last December I got an idea for a variation on the Tip-Over Box. It's just a slightly different way of building it. At first I was going to put it in my 'New Look' series but then as we were talking about it I commented that this trick should have been in Hoffmann. This led to the devilish idea of writing it up in Hoffmann style and publishing it in Genii as a lost page from the original book." He notes that Bill Larsen and another friend were in on the plan and they wanted to see if the trick would be accepted as a legitimate discovery. Another standout trick mentioned in the letters is Gloye's adaptation of Billy McComb's routine using a flap slate and a force deck. On January 31 1961 he explains: "My version which I tried for the first time several days ago with huge success uses one deck and a flap slate. The deck is made like a peek deck but with two cards only. All faces are the same and all concealed cards are the same. Cards which audience sees are trimmed and glued at one end to a second group of 26 duplicates." This approach ensured that the spectator would believe they had freely chosen a card when in fact the outcome was predetermined. Gloye describes modifications he made to a Head Chopper Illusion a prop widely used in stage magic in a February 23 1961 letter: "My version does not retain the Chinese theme. My blade is a simple black affair with a couple of brass stripes across it to make it look more solid. I spent a long time trying to figure out a good lock for the blades Abbott's want you to remove a couple of tacks which hold the blade and this is simply not workable. I ultimately did come up with a practical idea only to abandon it in my current routine." He explains that his routine involved swapping out the real blade for a fake setting up a comedic climax where "carrots fly in all directions" as the blade seemingly falls. This archive is a rare window into the intellectual and technical world of a magician who bridged academia and performance. Gloye's detailed notes on illusion mechanics reflections on the state of magic and collaboration with figures like Bill Larsen and Frances Marshall make this a significant collection for magic historians and collectors alike. Produced during a period of active exchange among professional magicians through correspondence and publications such as The Linking Ring these letters document how knowledge circulated within specialized communities and how innovation often emerged through incremental modification of established techniques. Gloye's attention to apparatus construction coded deception and audience management reflects broader mid century interest in performance psychology while his references to collaborators and publication strategies illustrate the role of print culture and informal networks in shaping the field. As a cohesive manuscript archive the letters preserve the technical language and creative process underlying stage magic offering a detailed record of mid twentieth century illusion practice. Light wear and handling consistent with age with legible manuscript throughout; overall condition very good. unknown books
1696ref. 28the forerunner of mathematical recreations and its use in the art of illusionism and magic an early manual for the first "mentalists" Ozanam Jacques. Recreations mathematiques et physiques VOL I. Amsterdam: Gallet 1696. Togheter with Ozanam Jacques. Recreations mathematiques et physiques VOL II. Paris : Jombert 1696. 2 volumes in 8vo 188x120 mm contemporary calf with gilt decorations at spine pp. 16 265 1; 266-583 25 the last is blank. Engraved title-page. Second edition of the forerunner of modern books on mathematical recreations including illusionism mentalism fireworks conjuring sundials and clocks. 84 engraved folding plates 45 first Vol. 39 second that support the solution of mathematical arithmetic geometric optical or cosmographic problems or that visualize the mechanism of a clock. Scarce second edition 1st published in 1694 of the first work on recreational mathematics. This is one of the most popular books on the subject dealing among the other subjects with fireworks conjuring and presenting in vol. 2 a translation of Domenico Martinelli's treatise on clocks printed in Venice in 1663 p. 473 The volumes are divided into 9 topics Vol 1: 1 Arithmetic 2 Geometry 3 Optics 4 Gnomonics and 5 Cosmography. Vol 2 6 Mechanics 7 Pyrotechnics 8 Physics and 9 the translation Martinelli treatise on Watches. For each topic Ozanam presents a series of problems with the various possible solutions described and often illustrated Among the problems of mechanics Ozanam describes and illustrate a form of transport that foreshadows the automobile: behind the driver who holds reins in his hands stands a valet who activates with his feet two spring-loaded boards giving the carriage its impetus playing the role of a modern engine. Most of the chapter about arithmetic is dedicated to the art of illusionism and mathematical games. A long chapter is dedicated to magic squares from pp. 36 on but many are the tricks described always in the form of a problem/solution which today are attributed to a kind of illusionism called mentalism a form of illusionism whose practitioners through techniques such as cold reading or hot reading give the illusion of being able to read others 'minds demonstrating supernatural or at least highly developed mental and intuitive ability. In their performances mentalists give the impression of being able to exercise telepathy clairvoyance divination precognition psychokinesis mediumship mind control hypnosis prodigious memory and rapid mental calculation. Among the games described in the text that can be accounted under this category we remember for example: Problem XII: Thrown two dice how to guess the values on the top two sides without looking at them. Problem XIV: Guessing a number that someone has chosen by asking him questions Problem XVI: Guessing a number someone has chosen without asking them questions problem XX: Guess how many coins a spectator hides in his hands Problem XXVIII: Given three known playing cards and three spectators guess which card each one has chosen. problem XXXI: Among different cards arranged on three decks how to guess which one the spectator has chosen and many others. Jacques Ozanam 1640 - 1718 was a French mathematician. Although his father pushed him toward an ecclesiastical career he was much more attracted by science and mathematics that continued to study as a self-taught. At the age of 15 he was able to write a treatise on mathematics but his father induced him to enroll in courses in theology despite his little inclination for the priestly life. After four years of theological studies his father died and he returned to scientific studies. In 1670 he published trigonometric and logarithmic tables more accurate than the existing Ulacq Pitiscus and Briggs works and numerous and well received mathematical publications. In particular he had great success with Dictionnaire mathématique the five volumes of the Cours de mathématiques and Récréations mathématiques et physiques ; his manuscript entitled Les six livres de l'Arithmétique de Diophante augmentés et reduits à la spécieuse received commendations from Leibnitz himself. Récréations mathématiques et physiques was also successful in the English translation and is still well known and looked after today. He was elected a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences now Académie des Sciences in 1701. The death of his wife plunged him into deep sorrow and the loss of his foreign pupils through the War of the Spanish Succession reduced him to poverty. Conditions: light marks of use at bindng in general very good condotions Provenance: Paper ex-libris pasted at title page of both volumes " Engeg. Gio Battisa Carraca.
1556in-4, pp. (26), 268, (1) bianca. Al frontespizio marca tipografica, capilettera istoriati e testatine xilografici, frontespizio anticamente restaurato: la porzione superiore contenente il titolo è stata elegantemente vergata in inchiostro bruno su un foglio antico sulla cui parte inferiore fu applicata la marca di Giolito originale impressa a stampa. Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia, sul dorso liscio titolo manoscritto. Prima edizione di un'opera resa affascinante dal suo contenuto e dalla sua storia testuale. Si tratta di un trattato sullo scibile umano, i temi spaziano dall'aritmetica, alla filosofia, alla politica, all'economia fino alle arti magiche. Ma l'opera, libera traduzione della Vision deleytable de la philosophia y artes liberales dello spagnolo Alfonso de la Torre, subì accuse di vero e proprio plagio: leggenda vuole che il figlio di Delfino avrebbe trovato il manoscritto originale spagnolo e, dopo averne curato la traduzione, avrebbe attribuito l'opera al padre senza fare alcun riferimento allo scrittore quattrocentesco spagnolo. Gli stessi spagnoli dimenticarono la vera paternità del trattato, ristampando l'opera con il nome di Delfino. Testo sicuramente accattivante, "essendo steso nella forma ora affatto inusitata d'una visione, dove l'intelletto e l'ingegno, percorrono per vie generali tutto lo scibile divino ed umano; con molte altre allegorie e sogni..." (Bongi). Buon esemplare, arrossature e fioriture marginali, gore al margine superiore di alcuni ff. Sul recto del foglio di guardia ex libris mss. di Giovanni Andrea Rovetti (poeta italiano attivo tra il 1600 e il 1637, autore del Mormorio d'Elicona: poesie divise in Vaghezze amorose, Diporti pastorali, Soggetti eroici, Echo supplicante, Pompe nuziali, Teneri affetti, Duelli festini). Al titolo antica nota in inchiostro evanescente; iniziali O.S. impresse al piatto ant. della pergamena.. Bongi I, pp. 503-5. Riccardi I, 402: «Bella e rara edizione». . Smith, Rara arithmetica, p. 275. Biblioteca magica Casanatense, 1263. Olschki, Coix VI, 6429. Ebert, 23039. Cantamessa, III, n. 8059: ''prima edizione in italiano e prima edizione attribuita a Domenico Delfino''. Bongi I, pp. 503-5. Riccardi I, 402: «Bella e rara edizione». . Smith, Rara arithmetica, p. 275. Biblioteca magica Casanatense, 1263. Olschki, Coix VI, 6429. Ebert, 23039. Brunet V, 887. Cantamessa, III, n. 8059: ''prima edizione in italiano e prima edizione attribuita a Domenico Delfino''. .
1761ref. 2-0-28Frankfurt und Leipzig, o.V. (Stahel), 1761. 8°, 4 Bll., 600 S., Ldr. d. Zt
1661In folio (38×23,7 cm); (28), 746 (i. e. 742), (62) pp. Legatura in mezza pergamena del primo novecento con piatti foderati con carta a motivi viola e verdi. Titolo e anno impressi in oro su fascetta in pelle ad un tassello. Dorso a 5 nervi. Come in tutti gli esemplari, durante la stampa del volume, sono state saltate nella numerazione le p. 116-117 e 727-728. Titolo in rosso e nero. Magnifica incisione al piatto anteriore delineata dal pittore olandese della scuola fiamminga che fu uno dei migliori allievi ed assistente di Rubens, Abraham van Diepenbeke (1596–1675) ed incisa da Peter Clouwet (1629-1670), raffigurante l’ingresso del giardino d’“Elysian”, fiancheggiato a sinistra da una donna con sette seni, sotto due studiosi (uno in possesso di un rotolo) e la parola “Natura”, e sulla destra da una donna che tiene un globo, sotto due uomini che conversano e la parola “Ars”, a significare che il percorso verso l’”Elysium”, o il paradiso è attraverso la convergenza di arte e natura. Sopra l’ingresso, che sembra essere un’apertura nel terreno o la bocca di una grotta, siedono dieci donne, delle quali, due suonano strumenti. Un cavallo alato spicca il volo nell’angolo in alto a destra dell’immagine alto a destra. Testatine, iniziali e finalini xilografici. Esemplare ancora in barbe. Alcune pagine leggermente ed uniformemente brunite a causa della qualità della carta e nel complesso esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Prima rara edizione (una seconda edizione venne edita nel 1670) di questo studio di interesse medico, farmacologico ed alchemico scritto dal noto medico e fisico portoghese nato ad Evorà ma che lavorò a Carmona, l’odierna Sevilla. L’opera, divisa per domande, tratta di temi differenti: Aristofane, Virgilio, Galeno, Ippocrate, Platone, corona spagnola, sul cadavere umano, “daemones morbos”, Vergine in un chiostro, urine, il termine tubercolosi e ostetricia “obstetrices”, Nudipedalia, mutazione dei genitali maschili e femminili, la sterilizzazione animale, vari tipi di occupa di febbre come “Elodes, Thyphodes [tifo], Crymoides, Tritaeophiae, querzerae, Phricodeis, Assodes, Almyrodes, Pemphigodes, [e] Tarachodeis. ” e tanti altri temi legati alla medicina, alla farmacologia, all’alchimia e alla fisica. La domanda 94 discute i poteri di una pozione basata su una miscela di latte e vino, forse in riferimento a Plinio il Vecchio. Nell’opera appare anche la parola “Abracadabra”. L’opera appare nelle bibliografie alchemiche perché tratta di vari argomenti legati alla magia, a guarigioni legate a particolari proprietà magiche di alcune piante e minerali e dei Bezoar, le pietre rinvenute negli stomaci dei alcuni animale e che si credeva avessero proprietà magiche. L’opera contiene anche la descrizione di diversi casi medici seguiti da Franco a Carmona, l’odierna Sevilla. Diôgo Barbosa Machado & Bento José de Sousa Farinha, Summario da bibliothecaluz …, Lisboa, 1786-87, v. II, p.168) scrive riguardo a quest’opera: “A remarkable example of the penchant for the bizarre in mid-seventeenth-century medical literature is the much-cited anthology of near-miraculous historiae excerpted and collected by the Portuguese physician Gaspar de los Reyes Franco” (Pomata, p. 134). In Penzer si dice “The idea of poisonous breath,” prevalent in literature in the form of the poison-damsel story, is claimed by numerous medieval medical and pseudo-medical practitioners, such as Peter of Albano, the Jesuit del Rio, Michael Bapst, Wolfgang Hildebrand and Gaspar de los Reyes” (Penzer, p. 41). Rif. Bibl.: Krivatsy, NLM, 9595; Penzer, Norman Mosley. Poison-Damsels. Manchester, NH: Ayer, 1980; Pomata, Giana. Historia: Empiricism and Erudition in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. Not in Wellcome. Not in Duveen, Ferguson, Partington or Thorndike.
1613In-8 p. (mm. 204x150), p. pelle coeva (lievi abras.), dorso a cordoni con titolo oro su tassello dipinto (piccole manc. alle cuffie), cc.nn. 20, pp.num. 787, ornato da grandi iniziali e finali inc. su legno. L’opera divisa in “diece appartamenti, secondo i vari & ammirabili oggetti, cioè di mostri, prodigii, prestigii, sorti, oracoli, sibille, sogni, curiosità astrologica, miracoli in genere e meraviglie, narrate da’ più celebri scrittori e descritte da’ più famosi historici e poeti, le quali talhora occorrono, considerandosi la loro probabilità, ovvero improbabilità, secondo natura.. Con tre copiosissime tavole“. "Prima edizione postuma", uscita a cura del fratello Bartolomeo, di un’opera “sorpendente e bizzarra usata a illustrare argomenti strani e inusitati e con gusti e modi che preannunciano il Seicento.. di Tommaso Garzoni da Bagnacavallo (1549-1589), uomo assai colto, avidissimo ricercatore e collezionista di dati, notizie e aneddoti del più vario genere..” (così Diz. Opere Bompiani, p. II,29). Cfr. Graesse,III,32 - Parenti p. 253 - Caillet,4352 bis. Corto di margini, con pagine brunite o arrossate interc. nel t., due macchie margin. a p. 593, ma complessivam. buon esemplare.
ref. 520931Chamuel - Bibliothèque Chacornac Paris 1897 Fort in-8 ( 215 X 145 mm ) de 808 pages, demi-basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs janséniste, couvertures conservées. Nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte. EDITION ORIGINALE à la bonne date de 1887, exemplaire de remise en vente avec une nouvelle couverture ( Bibliothèque Chacornac ) et papillon collé sur la page de titre "Bibliothèque Chacornac" sur la mention Chamuel. Bel exemplaire. De la bibliothèque Gilbert TAPPA ( Ex-Libris ).Caillet, 4809. - R.Y Plessis, 894.
Tre tomi in 8° (cm 12,6 x 20), belle legature piena pelle coeve, piatti incorniciati da motivo a dentelle dorato, al centro dei piatti anteriore e posteriore, grande monogramma "RDG", dorsi con doppi tasselli e fregi in oro; pp xvi, 375 per il primo tomo; vii, 410 per il secondo; (5), 408 per il terzo. Il primo vol. corredato di 32 incisioni in rame, il secondo di 48, il terzo di 22. Esemplare in buone condizioni, il dorso del primo tomo con piccole mancanze di pelle , uniformi lievi bruniture . Affascinante trattato di esperimenti attinenti alla scienza e alla magia: magnetismo, elettricità, geometria, matematica, ottica, fisica, chimica (esperimenti con fuoco, aria e acqua), numerologia, meccanica, scrittura occulta, corredato di tavole illustranti gli esperimenti con dovizia di realistici utensili e strumenti, associati a grotteschi e simbolici particolari, quali amorini alati e animali fantastici. Illustrazioni nel testo e tabelle schematiche. Un esemplare censito in CCFr. Caillet n. 4900 per altre ediz. "Recueil infinement plus complet que tous ceux parus depuis..."
ref. 20449Anvers, Hevdrick Connix, 1584. In-4, [12]-653-[23] pp. (*4, **2, a-z4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Qqq4; Qq4 est 1 f. bl.), parchemin souple ivoire, dos long, titre manuscrit au dos, traces de liens (liens manquants, restaurations, taches, importantes mouillures sans dommage pour la lecture, taches).
1839ref. 303248-1Stuttgart, Scheible 1839. Kl.8°. 376; 342; 324; 340; 338; 342 S. Mit lithogr. Porträt u. 46 lithogr. Tafeln. Marmor. Pappbände d. Zt.
1891In 8°. Pagine 552; 808. Rarissimo testo di magia del celebre esoterista francese Stanislas De Guaita, ricco di illustrazioni e splendidamente conservato. Bella e pregiata legatura coeva in mezza pergamena con titoli su tasselli in oro al dorso. All'interno annotazioni di antica mano anche in lingua ebraica. Introvabile.
1890ref. 10821ABO.O, o.J. (ca. 1890). 46 : 29 cm. 8 Seiten Anleitungen Mit ca. 30 verschiedenen Hilfsmitteln zur Vorführung von Zaubertricks. Original-Pappkasten mit farbiger Deckelillustration.
1801ref. 306156London: Printed for G. Kearsley Fleet Street; Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh; and Brash and Reid Glasgow by W. Glendinning 1801. First English edition. xix i errata 397 3 publisher's ads pp. 8vo. Contemporary half leather over gray paper-covered boards. Covers worn joints cracked but sewing sound lacking spine label text block roughly trimmed occasional light soiling along lower blank margins. Remnant of contemporary bookplate. In a custom redpaper slipcase and matching chemise. First English edition. xix i errata 397 3 publisher's ads pp. 8vo. The first English edition of this quite unusual and very entertaining compendium of conundrums problems parlor tricks and "interesting facts" - it is actually much more fun than the title would seem to suggest. The first French edition was published in London in 1799 under the title Choix d' amusements physiques et mathématiques. The work includes tricks with cards magic squares magic lanterns feats of artificial memory and proto-spiritualist conjuring through "palingenesy" by which a performer can make the images of the dead appear in a glass jar plus other optical illusions. A large collection of mathematical and physical curiosities including chapters on arithmetic "To arrange 30 criminals in such a manner as to save 15 of them &c." "A lady lamenting that her age was triple that of her daughter" and amusing "secrets" "To make people in a room have a hideous appearance". Toole Stott 240 Printed for G. Kearsley, Fleet Street; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and Brash and Reid, Glasgow, by W. Glendinning unknown
1801ref. 306156London: Printed for G. Kearsley Fleet Street; Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh; and Brash and Reid Glasgow by W. Glendinning 1801. First English edition. xix i errata 397 3 publisher's ads pp. 8vo. Contemporary half leather over gray paper-covered boards. Covers worn joints cracked but sewing sound lacking spine label text block roughly trimmed occasional light soiling along lower blank margins. Remnant of contemporary bookplate. In a custom redpaper slipcase and matching chemise. First English edition. xix i errata 397 3 publisher's ads pp. 8vo. The first English edition of this quite unusual and very entertaining compendium of conundrums problems parlor tricks and "interesting facts" - it is actually much more fun than the title would seem to suggest. The first French edition was published in London in 1799 under the title Choix d' amusements physiques et mathématiques. The work includes tricks with cards magic squares magic lanterns feats of artificial memory and proto-spiritualist conjuring through "palingenesy" by which a performer can make the images of the dead appear in a glass jar plus other optical illusions. A large collection of mathematical and physical curiosities including chapters on arithmetic "To arrange 30 criminals in such a manner as to save 15 of them &c." "A lady lamenting that her age was triple that of her daughter" and amusing "secrets" "To make people in a room have a hideous appearance". Toole Stott 240 Printed for G. Kearsley, Fleet Street; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and Brash and Reid, Glasgow, by W. Glendinning unknown books
1779ref. 6888ABBerlin - Stettin, Friedr. Nicolai, 1779 - 1789. IV + 68 + 416 + 10, 16 n.n. + 406 + 12, 28 n.n. + 400 + 6 S. Priv. Hld. der Zeit, auf fünf Bünden u. mit RSchild., Abbildung 2 Bde.
ref. 117953aafs.n. (Würzburg ?, Herbipolis), s.d., (1665?), kl. in-4to, 2 ll. (Drucktitel + Candido lectori, (without engraved front) + 363 p. (+ 1 blanc, page 71 with some staines) + 4 ll. Index + 22 engraved plates, ‘Tréah’ & name ‘Nolent 1902’ on fly, 19th century boards (XIX c.),
1891ref. BB112Magic Lantern Catalogue Illustrated Catalogue of Magic Dissolving View & Optical Lanterns Lime-light Apparatus and Slides. Rare generic trade catalogue for the entire industry almost certainly London 1891-92 but without imprint. Wood-engraved illustrations of magic lanterns accessories and occasionally the projected image. 8vo. 352 pp. with detailed listings of sets of slides all with prices and various types of magic lanterns with optical projections a few pages browned pp 44/45; original pictorial cloth lettered in black a little rubbed front cover beginning to warp. No imprint, hardcover
1891ref. BB112Magic Lantern Catalogue Illustrated Catalogue of Magic Dissolving View & Optical Lanterns Lime-light Apparatus and Slides. Rare generic trade catalogue for the entire industry almost certainly London 1891-92 but without imprint. Wood-engraved illustrations of magic lanterns accessories and occasionally the projected image. 8vo. 352 pp. with detailed listings of sets of slides all with prices and various types of magic lanterns with optical projections a few pages browned pp 44/45; original pictorial cloth lettered in black a little rubbed front cover beginning to warp. No imprint, hardcover books
1917ref. 45784Ithaca NY: n.p. 1917. Very good plus. Original manuscript journal containing the wildly ardent lovelorn musings of "Magie" to "Margie" written while waiting for the finalization of Margie's divorce. To call "Magie's" love for "Margie" superlative would be an understatement: his writing in this journal is comprised of verbose expressions of fondness and adoration for her "the only blessed wonderful loyal fine sweet true adorable lovable precious beautiful altogether lovely incomparable perfect little woman in God's great universe whom I ever have ever can really love!!!!!!!!!" Magie's enthusiasm even bleeds into the margins of some leaves where he has written additional missives around the main text. Who is the lovesick "Magie" the author of this manuscript journal that positively oozes with pent-up emotion and who is the "Margie" for whom he so desperately pines Magie's remark that "our marriage . will be so far different from the marriages we knew that they will seem like a bad dream" as well as several references to the day when Margie will be "legally free" to "give and receive" love indicate that both parties had been married previously and that Margie was likely still in the divorce process or the remarriage waiting period when this journal was written. The US divorce rate in 1917 was just 1.2%; this borderline-taboo action often had dire social consequences for the parties involved particularly the women and a state- or self-imposed period of waiting before remarriage was not unusual. Magie apparently spent this separation in varying degrees of agony emptying his evidently very full heart into this journal almost every day from May 28th to July 22nd. The lovebirds remain somewhat elusive in official records despite several tantalizing pieces of information nestled within Magie's lovelorn ramblings: references to "this fearful year" which in addition to a mention of a state military census pins the date of this journal pretty convulsively to 1917 which was "three quarters of the way through" by July 19th his occupation as a lawyer and the address 302 N. Cayuga Street a location Magie calls "our office". That address is sometimes listed as the location of a local Ithaca restaurant The City Cafeteria but more frequently as the longtime residence of prominent citizen and noted Wordsworth collector - her collection was donated to Cornell Cynthia Woodward Morgan St. John. Her son Edward Morgan St. John Cornell 1911 Cornell Law 1913 did work as an attorney and in the records of his 1919 marriage to Ruth Cronk he lists at least one and possibly two previous marriages though we find only a 1910 marriage to Lena Marie Smith. Cronk however does not. Which suggests perhaps sadly that "Margie" if she existed at all did not get her happily ever after. Nevertheless a compelling document overall and a vivid vernacular portrait of limerence. 10.25'' x 7.5''. Original cloth-backed marbled boards with printed label to front board hand-lettered "I". 94 manuscript leaves written both recto and verso. Boards with light edgewear. Hinges a touch cracked. Tight and clean. n.p. unknown
1917ref. 45784Ithaca NY: n.p. 1917. Very good plus. Original manuscript journal containing the wildly ardent lovelorn musings of "Magie" to "Margie" written while waiting for the finalization of Margie's divorce. To call "Magie's" love for "Margie" superlative would be an understatement: his writing in this journal is comprised of verbose expressions of fondness and adoration for her "the only blessed wonderful loyal fine sweet true adorable lovable precious beautiful altogether lovely incomparable perfect little woman in God's great universe whom I ever have ever can really love!!!!!!!!!" Magie's enthusiasm even bleeds into the margins of some leaves where he has written additional missives around the main text. Who is the lovesick "Magie" the author of this manuscript journal that positively oozes with pent-up emotion and who is the "Margie" for whom he so desperately pines Magie's remark that "our marriage . will be so far different from the marriages we knew that they will seem like a bad dream" as well as several references to the day when Margie will be "legally free" to "give and receive" love indicate that both parties had been married previously and that Margie was likely still in the divorce process or the remarriage waiting period when this journal was written. The US divorce rate in 1917 was just 1.2%; this borderline-taboo action often had dire social consequences for the parties involved particularly the women and a state- or self-imposed period of waiting before remarriage was not unusual. Magie apparently spent this separation in varying degrees of agony emptying his evidently very full heart into this journal almost every day from May 28th to July 22nd. The lovebirds remain somewhat elusive in official records despite several tantalizing pieces of information nestled within Magie's lovelorn ramblings: references to "this fearful year" which in addition to a mention of a state military census pins the date of this journal pretty convulsively to 1917 which was "three quarters of the way through" by July 19th his occupation as a lawyer and the address 302 N. Cayuga Street a location Magie calls "our office". That address is sometimes listed as the location of a local Ithaca restaurant The City Cafeteria but more frequently as the longtime residence of prominent citizen and noted Wordsworth collector - her collection was donated to Cornell Cynthia Woodward Morgan St. John. Her son Edward Morgan St. John Cornell 1911 Cornell Law 1913 did work as an attorney and in the records of his 1919 marriage to Ruth Cronk he lists at least one and possibly two previous marriages though we find only a 1910 marriage to Lena Marie Smith. Cronk however does not. Which suggests perhaps sadly that "Margie" if she existed at all did not get her happily ever after. Nevertheless a compelling document overall and a vivid vernacular portrait of limerence. 10.25'' x 7.5''. Original cloth-backed marbled boards with printed label to front board hand-lettered "I". 94 manuscript leaves written both recto and verso. Boards with light edgewear. Hinges a touch cracked. Tight and clean. n.p. unknown books
1563In-8° (cm. 20.6x15,3), carte (68).non num., 416 cc. num. (= pp. 968), legatura tutta pergamena floscia, al dorso e presso le cerniere piccole mancanze di pergamena professionalmente risarcite, superba marca tipografica (FONTANA di 12 zampilli da un vaso e dal putti gaiamente orinanti, che lo sorreggono), 32 RITRATTI incisi (cm. 4x5, ma uno di cm. 9,8x6, il Placentinus con scolari) di giureconsulti, molti capilettera ornati, gran titolo calligrafico coevo al taglio inferiore, testo nitido e fittissimo su due colonne. Eccellente, solido e perlopiù immacolato esemplare, pur con lievi fioriture, gore e macchioline a varie pagine, Alla sguardia nome d'appart. anticam. cancellato e davvero sibillina strofa calligrafica coeva in 4 versi latini, firmata "Salvator Manaceus Lucensis" (cioè di LUCCA) alludente alla tormentata vicenda di Lucio III (che non nomina) nato a Lucca (1097), vescovo di Ostia, papa a Roma ma esiliato, morto a Verona; al front. altra firma di appartenenza anticam. cancellata. Ricco repertorio cinquecentesco contenente una raccolta di TRATTATI di 32 autori raccolti ed emendati da ZILETTI famoso giureconsulto veneto: de accusationibus, de crimine laese maiestatis, de persecutionibus, Giov. Franc. PONZIO da Parma: de LAMIIS (= STREGHE, 39 fitte colonne, in cui saggiamente nega il sabba diabolico), Paolo GHIRLANDO, de SORTILEGIIS (118 colonne), de HAERETICIS eorumque POENIS (4 trattati, 204 colonne), de fuga, de carceribus, de indiciis et TORTURA, de quaestionibus et tormentis (116 col.), de BANNITIS (cioè esiliati) di Iacopus De Arena (178 colonne), de modo procedendi contra APOSTATAS, COITUS contra naturam ecc. ecc. A richiesta, titoli ed Autori dei vari TRATTATI. Cimelio tipografico del grande COMINO da TRINO nel MONFERRATO. Raro e prezioso di sterminati contenuti, non solo giuridici!.
1839ref. 19929Stuttgart, Scheible, 1839. Kl. 8°, 379; 342; 324; 340; 338; 342 Seiten mit 1 lithogr. Frontispiz-Portrait und 46 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. Marmorierte Pappbände der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückenschild und 3seitigem Marmorschnitt.