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Der magische Jugendfreund by Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe, 1817
 
Der magische Jugendfreund oder faßliche und unterhaltende Darstellung der natürlichen Zauberkünste und Taschenspielereyen' by Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe was published in three volumes in Frankfurt in 1817.

A full copy of Volume 1 of the work can be found here.

A full copy of Volume 2 of the work can be found here.

A full copy of Volume 3 of the work can be found here.

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Analysis

Volume1

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Designs which Move under Insect Power

This section describes a 'paper-cut goose' whose 'back was broad in proportion to a real one, and the other parts of the goose were also properly prepared' under which 'Herr M had glued a fly by its wings. This fly went away with the paper goose on the table and then it looked as if the goose was going by itself'.

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Volume 3

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How to Drop a Strip of Paper to Land on One Edge

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