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In 2017, to mark the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the New-York Historical Society opened an extraordinary exhibition that explored the fascinating and real-life history of the magic at the heart of the Harry Potter series. Featuring a treasure trove of more than 150 magical artefacts from the British Library, the New-York Historical Society, and other world-renowned institutions, this book takes you on a journey through the exhibition and explores in detail the amazing subjects you have to learn at Hogwarts: tinctures, spells, caring for magical creatures, and more.

On these pages you can see Leonardo da Vinci's notebook and the oldest atlas of the night sky, look at the bezoar and tusk of a narwhal whale (or maybe it's a unicorn horn?...), look into a tea cup for fortune-telling or a black-black cauldron, and find out where the spell "Abracadabra" comes from... In addition to these incredible exhibits, you will be able to see amazing sketches and manuscripts from J.K. Rowling's personal archive, as well as impressive and never-before-seen original illustrations by artists who worked on the design of the Harry Potter books - Mary Grandpre, Jim Kay and Brian Selznick.