Octavo 3/4 calf (rebacked edges worn covers rubbed). Two titlepages facing each other +[22]pp (Preface & Contents) +48pp Prof. J.P. Eberhard's Discourse at Halle on Magic +76pp Electrical devices, pp77-144 Magnetic, 145-180 Optical, 181-280 Chemical, 281-330 Mechanical, 331-354 Mathematical, 355-398 Household, 399-488 Card tricks, 449-461 Chess/Solitaire games +[6]pp Index +11 of 12 numbered folding copperplates (Lacks Plate X). *Wiegleb's extensive revision and expansion of the German translation of J.N. Martius Dissertatio Inauguralis Physico-medica de Magia Naturali (1st ed. Erfurt 1700). This volume is the first in a series of eventually 20 volumes published 1782-1805.