Gibecière 40, Summer 2025, Vol. 20, No. 2

This special anniversary edition of Gibecière celebrates the 20th anniversary of the journal. This issue is the largest edition of Gibecière to date, and has an incredible list of contributors.

Inside you’ll find:

• Eight lessons Steve Forte learned over his lifetime of study
• The origins of the Split Fan production, traced in detail by Stephen Minch
• An exploration by Alex Metcalfe into one of the earliest texts on magic, 200 years older than the Discovery of Witchcraft
• The potential criminal history of the great Alexander, the Man Who Knows, written by Judge Gary R. Brown
• A tour of the incredible collection of magic posters in storage at the Milwaukee Public Library from Mike Cavney
• Steve Freeman’s research into the legendary magician, Arthur Finley
• A deep dive into the origins of one of the most legendary card moves of all time: The Pass by Pierre Taillefer
• A history of modern conjuring spanning the 15th to the 18th century by Thibaut Rioult

Aside from being the largest Gibecière issue to date, its gilded pages and intricate cover design make it one of the most beautiful as well.