The great Ravensburger magic book
| The great Ravensburger magic book | |
|---|---|
| Publication country | Germany |
| editor | Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| Presentation | bound |
| Illustrations | 400 b / w illustrations, 10 color pages |
| Languages) | German |
| Page size | 288 |
| theme | General magic |
| ISBN | 3-473-42351-3 |
| author | |
| Martin Michalski | |
The great Ravensburger Zauberbuch is the title of one of the fundamental books for understanding and learning the art of magic . It ties in with the 1960 book, The Perfect Magician , by the same author.
content
The book written by Martin Michalski represents an extensive introduction to the art of magic. After a short summary of the history of magic, contemporary magic artists are presented with short biographies in words and pictures. This is followed by descriptions of tricks with, in some cases, exact construction drawings, in order to make magic utensils yourself.
The book went through several editions and editions.
The chapters
- Preface to the art of amusing deception
- History of magic
- Magic - or: How do you become a magician ?
- Well-known wizards of the present
- Basic magic effects
- The trimmings
- Handles and tricks
- Card art
- Mirko magic
- Mental magic
- Party magic
- Magic devices for parties and stages
- Stage illusions
- Studying the tricks and building a program
- Professional magic
expenditure
- 1st edition 1981, see info box
- 2nd edition 1981, paperback,
- 3rd edition 1992, with a new title: Zaubern - Spiel der Illusion
- 4th edition 1992, for the Moewig publishing house under the title: The big book of magic
- 2nd edition 1992, for Moewig
- 5th edition 2008, for the publisher Eppe
Book review
- Magische Welt , magazine for magic art, issue 2, 1981, page 97
"Even if the book is presented in such a beautiful way, and there is no doubt about it, it will meet with bitter criticism from some experts because a whole series of valuable tricks is described in great detail."