INSTRUCTIONS PRATIQUES SUR L'EMPLOI DES APPAREILS DE PROJECTION: LANTERNES MAGIQUES, FANTASMAGORIES, POLYORAMAS, APPAREILS POUR L'ENSEIGNMENT FABRIQUÉS.
Paris: [The Author?] 44, rue du Chateau-D'Eau, [1884]. Expanded third edition. 12mo., (iv), 242 pp., over 100 illustrations, adverts. Printed paper wrappers; the printed spine and top left corner of the front panel has been expertly repaired, with slight loss of text on the spine. Very good. Item #26543
Molteni, an instrument maker of scientific devices, provides instructions for making and using magic lanterns and other apparatus for projecting images, including "fantasmagorie." In 1865, he is credited with the invention of the the first efficient device for imparting intermittent movement, which he calls a Choreutoscope Tournant.
Roosens and Salu No. 9007.
Price: $160.00