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Modern Magic

A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Also known as Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

by Hoffmann Professor, Arthur Hawkins & ----- Hoffmann

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring" by Professor Hoffmann is a treatise first published in 1876. This groundbreaking work reveals the apparatus, methods, and tricks used by conjurors of the Victorian era, covering everything from card manipulation to grand stage illusions. The first English-language book to truly explain magical performance, it sparked controversy among magicians while influencing legends like Houdini and Thurston. Its publication may have catalyzed magic's entire golden age. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Magic” and “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the alternative title, “Magic” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Magic”· via Internet Archive
    • “Magic”· via Open Library
    • “magic”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in alternative title
    • “Magic”· in description

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Editions

Open Library reports 28 editions; 5 cataloged here.

practical treatise on the art of conjuring

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1877-01-01T00:00:00ZGeorge Routledge and Sons, LondonEnglish—Public digitized item

Modern magic. A practical treatise on the art of conjuring

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1877-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, G. Routledge & SonsEnglish—Public digitized item

A practical treatise on the art of conjuring

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1885-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon ; New York : G. Routledge and SonsEnglish—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries
  • Open Library reports 28 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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