ILLUMINATED VUE d'OPTIQUE: LANDSCAPE VIEW OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF A BUILDING
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Antwerp (?): Unknown Publisher, 1835. Hand-colored illuminated vue d'optique. 6 3/4 inches by 8 3/4 inches. Prior to the invention of photography perspective views, called "vues d'optiques" by the French, were a specialized approach to engraving that exhibited a heightened perspective to approximate a 3-dimensional effect. Those precursors to photographic stereoviews frequently were hand-colored. Most of them were designed to be viewed via mirrors in a device like a zograscope. Less common were translucent prints that had to be backlit (for example in a "peep-show" box) to be seen as perspective views. Such "illuminated vues d'optiques" are now much more scarce. The illuminated view offered here undergoes a significant transformation when backlit: an outdoor scene becomes the interior of a massive building. It is in excellent condition: clean and bright, with a reasonably good perspective effect.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Fine. 6 3/4 inches by 8 3/4 Inches. Fine Art Print.
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Details
- Seller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- W2212
- Title
- ILLUMINATED VUE d'OPTIQUE: LANDSCAPE VIEW OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF A BUILDING
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Unknown Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Antwerp (?)
- Date Published
- 1835
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photographs;
- Size
- 6 3/4 inches by 8 3/4 Inches
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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