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Wiegleb, Johann Christian. Die Naturliche Magie. Berlin and Stettin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1782-1801. Sixteen volumes (in thirteen). Contemporary half leather over boards, red edges. With a profusion of engraved plates, many folding. 8vos. Leather chipped and worn; Uckermann library stamps on most title pages. An important encyclopedic work on natural magic, covering card sleights, illusions by electrical, optical, and pneumatic means, and wonderful devices such as Von Kempelen’s chess-player automaton, “The Turk.”