Magical Blow Book / Flip Book, Published by N.P 1890.
As can be seen with front cover detached & back cover worn.
Small octavo (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches; 140 x 95 mm). Internally all plates clean and bright. Insidecovers with instructions in German, French, English, Spanish, Italian and Russian.
A magical blow book or flip book (also known as a magic coloring book). This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches, or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs, and depending on where the magician places their thumb, they flip the leaves of a certain group, revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement, a new set of plates will be revealed.
Complete with a total of 49 plates on 28 leaves. Many of the plates are in beautiful color with sharp detail. The plates include a animals such as a lion, zebra, tiger and pig. Some musical scores, a few alphabets in various scripts, silhouettes and various characters and scenes among others.
Magical Blow Book / Flip Book, Published by N.P 1890. As can be seen with front cover detached & back cover worn. Small octavo (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches; 140 x 95 mm). Internally all plates clean and bright. Insidecovers with instructions in German, French, English, Spanish, Italian and Russian.
A magical blow book or flip book (also known as a magic coloring book). This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches, or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs, and depending on where the magician places their thumb, they flip the leaves of a certain group, revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement, a new set of plates will be revealed.
Complete with a total of 49 plates on 28 leaves. Many of the plates are in beautiful color with sharp detail. The plates include a animals such as a lion, zebra, tiger and pig. Some musical scores, a few alphabets in various scripts, silhouettes and various characters and scenes among others.
