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Matthias Buchinger: The Greatest German Living Toys ranging from amazingly simple toA remarkable story, rediscovered by one of magic's greatest historians. In Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living", legendary magician, author, and collector Ricky Jay traces the extraordinary life of Matthias Buchinger, the eighteenth century polymath known as the "Little Man of Nuremberg." Born without hands or feet, Buchinger became an accomplished magician, calligrapher, musician, engraver, and performer whose astonishing talents defied