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Giochi di carte bellissimi di regola e di memoria by Horatio Galasso d'Arienzo, 1593
 

'Giochi di carte bellissimi di regola e di memoria' by Horatio Galasso d'Arienzo was published in Venice in 1593. It contains a description of a version of the Buddha Papers magical effect in which a coin is wrapped in the paper and then can be shown to have melted whilst so wrapped. (Information from Edwin Corrie.)

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

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