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Optical devices
comprising book illustrations relating to camera obscuras, mirrors and optics: Two plates numbered IV and V titled Dessein, Chambre Obscure and signed on the plate Goussier del Defehrt fecit; two plates numbered 52 and 53 from the Encyclopedie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert titled Optique; a plate signed I. Taylor and titled Optics showing an image of a lantern and camera obscura; seven plates of engravings signed Benard Direxit, six titled Amusements de Catoptrique, showing various contrivances for optical illusions, one titled Optique; a page from a Spanish book with an illustration of a woman using a camera obscura; a hand coloured book illustration titled Optique (14)
comprising book illustrations relating to camera obscuras, mirrors and optics: Two plates numbered IV and V titled Dessein, Chambre Obscure and signed on the plate Goussier del Defehrt fecit; two plates numbered 52 and 53 from the Encyclopedie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert titled Optique; a plate signed I. Taylor and titled Optics showing an image of a lantern and camera obscura; seven plates of engravings signed Benard Direxit, six titled Amusements de Catoptrique, showing various contrivances for optical illusions, one titled Optique; a page from a Spanish book with an illustration of a woman using a camera obscura; a hand coloured book illustration titled Optique (14)
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