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| Spielbuch fur Knaben by Hermann Wagner, 1864 | |||||||
| 'Spielbuch
fur Knaben' by Hermann Wagner was published by Verlag von
Otto Spamer in Leipzig in 1864. The work contains one
short paragraph about paper folding and a page of
illustrations of designs, mostly without explanation of
how they can be achieved, but there are also various
other designs scattered throughout the remainder of the
book. A full copy of the work can be accessed online here. **********
********** A 'second unchanged edition' was also published in 1864.
********** Analysis The paragraph about paperfolding reads:
The text of this papragraph refers to folding 'a small book' and 'a cone, a case, a feather hat, a ship, a bellows, a horned devil, a snake', some of which are not included in the illustrations.
********** Ein Generalshut (A General's Hat) -The Newspaper Hat) The book contains diagrams for folding the newspaper hat and several illustrations showing these hats being worn by children.
********** Ein Schiff (A Ship) - The Paper Boat
********** Eine Papiertute (A Paper Bag) - The Hexagonal Packet
********** Ein Wurfpfeil (A Dart) - The Paper Dart
********** Ein Blasebalg - The Bellows
********** The Cut and Fold Windmill
********** The Wind Wheel
********** Boiling Water in Paper
********** Melting Lead in Paper
********** The Cherries Puzzle
********** Passing Through a Map (How to Climb Through A Playing Card)
********** The Fold and One Cut Latin Cross
********** Strip Folding Figures - Verschnuren
********** Fold and Cut Designs
********** Cut and Fold Boxes - Cardboard Modelling
********** Selected Pages
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