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Sammlung Natürlicher Zauberkünste oder aufrichtige Entdeckung verschiedener bewährter, lustiger und nützlicher Geheimnisse nebst vielen raren Kustsücken, so zur Haushaltung, Gärtnerey, Wein- und Feld-Bau gehören; wie auch allerley Professionen und Künstlern, insbesondere aber denen Wein-Negotianten dienlich sind bey dieser neuen Auflage in bessere Ordnung gebracht und mit vielen ganz neuen Zusätzen und vollständigen Register vermehrt, 1754, second edition, contemporary marbled binding & custom hand-made dust jacket, 474pp, 6.5 x 4.25", 12mo. In fair condition. Hand-made dust jacket is worn at edges & corners, as well as hinges of spine & front and rear flaps. Head and tail of dust jacket are beginning to split at both hinges, but are still intact. Title label on DJ is hand-written & hard to decipher. Age or ink stains exhibited on front cover of DJ & general soiling exhibited to both covers. Contemporary marbled paper boards are scuffed at edges & worn at corners. Head and tail of spine rubbed. General dulling to marbling. Age or ink stain found on front board (in same place as front cover of dust jacket). Some sticker or label residue exhibited at head of spine. Large bookplate found on front paste-down. Front gutter beginning to split at tail - cording exposed. General toning and foxing throughout text-block. Water dampness staining to top corner of pages 429 to end of text-block .Rear gutter beginning to split at head. Binding intact. Please see photos. Magic combined science and religion in its claim - and the magician was originally considered a "world wise man" who sought to explore the secrets of nature and used all available knowledge to do so, as an astronomer and astrologer, mathematician and physicist, chemist and gold maker, sign interpreter and Fortune teller. Magicians were the priests of science, respected and revered until modern times, and where magic lacked knowledge, it made do with spells. Alchemy prepared chemistry, Magia naturalis is where the science of physics has its origins, astronomy and mathematics are known to magicians and astrologers in their history - another Isaac Newton also experimented as an alchemist. With the persecution of magicians by the Inquisition and then with the 18th century, the history of old magic comes to an end. We know nothing about Johann Wallbergen's life. His collection uses the old form of magic spells, presenting the "natural secret nuts" without carrying with it the once glamours claim of being global science, philosophy, and nature. But his Collection of Natural Magic Arts and its advice provide a deep insight into everyday consciousness at the time, and Johann Wallbergen had, last but not least, compiled a small amount of medication knowledge and was so successful that his book had a third edition in 1769. This is a second edition - with one of the first hand-made dust jackets. Text in German. N° de ref. del artículo RAREE1754FMPX
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