Ottokar Fischer

Von der Vorbemerkung:

Es gibt Kartenkunststücke, die ohne viel Übung vorgeführt werden können. Ihre Anzahl ist jedoch eine beschränkte. Wer sich aber der Mühe unterzieht einige spezielle Kunstgriffe zu erlernen, dem erschließt sich eine unerschöpfliche Fundgrube neuer überraschender Karten-Experimente.

Die Zahl der bestehenden Kartenkunstgriffe ist eine sehr große, aber verhältnismäßig nur wenige sind erforderlich, um ein relativ guter Kartenkünstler zu werden. Auf Grund meiner langjährigen praktischen Erfahrung habe ich in vorliegender Broschüre die wichtigsten Kunstgriffe,...

Diese Buch arbeitet die Zauberkunst von der Geschichte bis zum Vorführen von Zauberkunststücken systematisch auf. Das als Lehrbuch verfasste Werk vermittelt in insgesamt 12 Kapiteln das Grundverständnis für die Kunst des Zauberns.

• Wunder der Sinnestäuschung
• Wunder der Zauberapparate
• Wunder der Handfertigkeit
• Wunder der Kleinzauberei
  • Experimente dieser Art mit mechanischen Behelfen
  • Kleinzauberei ohne Vorbereitung
• Wunder der Kartenkunst
  • Die wichtigsten Kunstgriffe des Kartenkünstlers
  • Mathematische Kartenkunststücke
  • Auf Handfertigkeit beruhende Kartenkünste
• Wunder der...

This disc holds two Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser PDF ebooks:

1. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring
2. The Magic of J.N. Hofzinser

Both works have been written by Ottokar Fischer in German and have later been translated to English, one by Sharpe and the other by Richard Hatch. Richard Hatch, by far the better translator, also translated the famous Card College series by Roberto Giobbi.

This disc holds two Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser PDF ebooks:

1. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring
2. The Magic of J.N. Hofzinser

Both works have been written by Ottokar Fischer in German and have later been translated to English, one by Sharpe and the other by Richard Hatch. Richard Hatch, by far the better translator, also translated the famous Card College series by Roberto Giobbi.

Despite Hofzinser's wish to have all his apparatus and magic records destroyed, a lot has been preserved because his wish was never carried out. Ottokar Fischer wrote two books in German about Hofzinser: Kartenkünste and Zauberkünste. This ebook here is Richard Hatch's authoritative translation of the Zauberkünste book.

[A translation of Kartenkünste is also available as ebook from us: Hofzinser's Card Conjuring.

Kartenkünste focuses exclusively on card magic, whereas Zauberkünste deals with everything else.

This ebook describes more than 80 effects created by Hofzinser including more than 100 photos and illustrations....

This is a magnificent magic ebook. Some put it among the top 10 or even the top 3 magic books ever written. It was translated by Barrows Mussey, of Amateur Magician's Handbook fame, from the German original Das Wunderbuch der Zauberkunst. It has many photos and beautiful illustrations and covers all disciplines of magic.

With an introduction by Fulton Oursler and an unpublished chapter by Harry Kellar.

Contents:

• To The Reader
• The Magic Of Today
• Three Secrets Of Success For Every Magician
• From Magic-Man To Modern Conjurer
• Why You Can't Always Trust Your Senses
• The Secrets Of Magical Apparatus
• Feats Of Dexterity And Skill
• Fakes, Gimmicks And Other Secret Accessories ...

Hofzinser was born at the beginning of the 19th century and lived in Vienna during a time called the 'Biedermeier'. This was a time where people enjoyed art and entertainment in drawing-room presentations and at little receptions in the houses and villas of the rich and famous. Hofzinser thus never performed on a stage but perfected the branch of magic today known as 'Close-up'. One could argue that Hofzinser is the grandfather of close-up magic in particular close-up card magic. And this book is all about card magic. We have to thank Ottokar Fischer for collecting Hofzinser's material about...