Joseph Pinetti (1750-1800) was the principal figure in European magic during the second half of the eighteenth century. At the time, most conjurers were sleight-of-hand men who worked outside as buskers performing card tricks, shell games and the like. Pinetti’s illusions were mostly mechanical in nature. A Tuscan native, he was an actual science professor who began doing entertaining [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:38AM on November 3, 2012