Martinka and Co.'s 1899 "End of Century" magician's catalog
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Legendary conjurer company Martinka and Co.'s 1899 "End of Century" magician's catalog. These are the complete retouched files for a historical reprint book of magic catalogs and pamphlets that I was raising funds for to reprint at Kickstarter. The Kickstarter and plans for the book were canceled due to a bogus trademark strike by someone claiming ownership of the "Martinka" trademark. Here you have it. The complete catalog in 600 dpi for FREE. The TIF image files have much more definition than what is shown in the above reader browser. To view the TIF files, find them in "Download Options". The original, complete catalog was scanned in 600 dpi and saved as TIF files. These are all of the pages that I retouched in 600 dpi, the raw 600 dpi scans for the front and back covers, which were the only items printed in color in the catalog, the retouched cover that I was going to use for the canceled book, and the raw scan for page 199. Page 199 had a purple rubber stamp on it that I was going to photoshop back into the page of the book before it went into press. Within these pages you will find all of the professional magician tricks, apparatus and ornamentation needed to be success in 1899.
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Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.
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- “Magic”· in description
- “Magic”· in subject
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Editions
One edition cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z | — | English | — | Public digitized item |
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