The Sawed-Up Virgin (Magic Book)
| The sawed-up virgin | |
|---|---|
| Publication country | Germany |
| editor | Publishing house Scherl, Berlin |
| Publication year | 1938 |
| Presentation | bound |
| Illustrations | 49 b / w illustrations |
| Languages) | German |
| Page size | 238 |
| theme | General magic, bibliography |
| ISBN | unavailable |
| author | |
| Alois Christof Wilsmann | |
The Sawed-Up Virgin by Aloys Christof Wilsmann is the title of one of the fundamental books on the history and art of magic .
Although the book has this expressive title, the feat of the sawed-up virgin is not dealt with in the book.
content
The author divides the essence of magic within the performing arts into 13 chapters. The final 14th chapter brings an extensive bibliography of German-language magic books in German for the first time in the 20th century. Wilsmann lists a total of 300 copies from the 16th century onwards.
The chapters
- Magic without magic
- Haunted demons
- Enthusiasts and swindlers
- Magic books and ghost machines
- The great transformation
- Grand master of card art
- Magician on world journeys
- How they became wizards
- Adventurous and scary
- Miracle of the fakirs
- Occultism Today
- Things that baffled the world
- Joke, game and deeper meaning
- 300 German magic books
Book review
- Magie , Association organ of the Magical Circle of Germany , Issue 1, January 1939, p. 22
Editions / issues
- 1st edition 1939, see info box
- 2nd edition 1941