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Created 19/10/2026. Last updated 22/10/2026

'Die natürliche Magie' by Johann Christian Wiegleb and Gottfried Erich Rosenthal was published in 20 parts between 1779 and 1805, the final part being an Index to the whole, by Friedrich Nocolai in Berlin and Stettin. This page only relates to Volume 5. I do not know whether any paperfolding material appears in any of the other volumes.

Volume 5 contains information on how to make a Letterlock. Information from Edwin Corrie.

Johann Christian Wiegleb edited the first two volumes and Gottfried Erich Rosenthal all the others. Each part was first published in the years shown below.

Volume 1: 1779 (A second edition followed in 1782, and a third in 1789)

Volume 2: 1786

Volume 3: 1789

Volume 4: 1790

Volume 5: 1791

Volume 6: 1792

Volume 7: 1793

Volume 8: 1794

Volume 9: 1795

Volume 10: 1796

Volume 11: 1797

Volume 12: 1798

Volume 13: 1798

Volume 14: 1799

Volume 15: 1800

Volume 16: 1801

Volume 17: 1802

Volume 18: 1803

Volume 19: 1804

Volume 20: 1805

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