Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic

Informationen zum Autor British Library Klappentext An irresistible romp through the history of magic, from alchemy to unicorns, ancient witchcraft to Harry's Hogwarts - packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from J.K. Rowling, magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird, wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library. This spellbinding book takes readers on a journey through the Hogwarts curriculum, including Herbology, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, Divination and more. Discover the truth behind making the Philosopher's Stone, create your very own potion and uncover the secret of invisible ink. Learn all about the history of mandrake roots and dragons, discover what witches really used their brooms for, pore over incredible images of actual mermaids and read about real-life potions, astronomers and alchemists. The perfect gift for aspiring witches and wizards and any Harry Potter fan. Celebrating twenty years of Harry Potter magic, and produced in association with the British Library to support their major exhibition, Harry Potter: A History of Magic. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with an irresistible romp through the history of magic. Prepare to be spellbound by unseen sketches and manuscript pages from J.K. Rowling, magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird, wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library Zusammenfassung An irresistible romp through the history of magic! from alchemy to unicorns! ancient witchcraft to Harry's Hogwarts - packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from J.K. Rowling! magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird! wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library. This spellbinding book takes readers on a journey through the Hogwarts curriculum! including Herbology! Defence Against the Dark Arts! Astronomy! Divination and more. Discover the truth behind making the Philosopher's Stone! create your very own potion and uncover the secret of invisible ink. Learn all about the history of mandrake roots and dragons! discover what witches really used their brooms for! pore over incredible images of actual mermaids and read about real-life potions! astronomers and alchemists. The perfect gift for aspiring witches and wizards and any Harry Potter fan. Celebrating twenty years of Harry Potter magic! and produced in association with the British Library to support their major exhibition! Harry Potter: A History of Magic. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: British Library, J.K. British Library Rowling, British Library, J.K. Rowling
• Con la collaborazione di: Th British Library (Editore), The British Library (Editore), British Library (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2017
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri illustrati
• EAN: 9781408890776
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-9077-6
• Numero di pagine: 143
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 25.1 x 25.2 x 1.3 cm
• Serie: Harry Potter; Harry Potter
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