| The Stroboscope-No. 11/12M. Trentsensky Colored lithographs Vienna, Austria 1833 Disc: 11 1/2" diameter
One double-sided disc
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| FantascopeJoseph Plateau Hand-colored etchings Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9 1/2" diameter
A boxed set of six discs published by R. Ackermann & Co., London.
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| FantascopeT.H. Baynes Colored lithographs Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9" diameter
A boxed set of six discs published by Ackermann & Co.
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| FantascopeT.T. Bury Colored lithographs Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9" diameter
A boxed set of six discs published by Ackermann & Co.
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| Phantascope Pantomine or Magic IllusionsColored lithographs Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9 1/2" diameter
A boxed set of eight discs published by W. Soffe. The discs showcase Pantolone & Harlequin from the Comedia del Arte.
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| Fantascope; Magic PanoramaColored lithographs Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9 3/4" diameter (4)/ 9" diameter (2)
A box set of six discs published by Ackermann & Co.
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| Mclain’s Optical Illusions or Magic PanoramaColored lithographs Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9 3/8" diameter
A boxed set of twelve discs and ivory toped handle published by Thomas McLain Several of the discs have titles including:The Desert, The Bogle, The Waltz, Afraid of Nobody and Law & Equity.
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| FORES'S MOVING PANORAMAColored lithographs Great Britain 1833 Discs: 9" diameter
A boxed set of nine discs published by S.W. Fores. The cover's full title includes Optical Illusions, giving life and activity to inanimate objects, a nut for philosphers to crack. I talso warns' "The public are respectfully cautioned against some greatly infrerior Subjects, with a similar Title".
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| PhantasmascopeColored lithographs, Great Britain c. 1833 Discs:9" diameter, box:10 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 2"
An Ackermann set of Joseph Plateau designed discs, along with a mirror and viewing handle in a wood box.
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| Nouveau Jeu MagiqueColored lithographs France c. 1833 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set with twelve discs and handle.
0527 |
| Le PhenakisticopeColored lithographs Paris, France c.1833 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set with ten discs, and mirror published by Alphonse Giroux et Cie.
0531 |
| Le PhenakisticopeColored lithographs Paris, France c. 1833 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set containing six discs and handle published by Alphonse Giroux et Cie.
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| Le PhenakisticopeHand-colored lithographs Paris, France c. 1833 Discs:7" diameter, box 9 3/4" x 9 3/4"
A boxed set of twenty discs with a handle published by Alphonse Giroux et Cie. 3715 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Le PhenakisticopeAlphonse Giroux et Cie Colored lithographs Paris, France c. 1833 Discs: 7" diameter, box:9 3/4" x 9 3/4"
A boxed set of twelve discs, plus a thirteenth advertising discs which displays the name Girioux when spun. Also includes a handle and mirror. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE LAUGHING AT US or MAGIC CIRCLEColored lithographs Great Britain 1835 Discs:10 1/2" diameter
A box set of six discs published by G.S. Tregear."
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| FantascopeMahogany box and colored-lithographs Great Britain c. 1835 Discs:9 1/2", box:16" x 13" x 13"
A mahogany box with a drawer holding ten discs. The box has a mirror for the viewer and a ivory tipped handle to rotate the discs.
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| Colored lithographs Great Britain c. 1835 Discs:9" diameter., wood box 11"x 11" x 4"
Box and six discs. A very clever arrangement. The wooden box contains a mirror on the inside lid. The discs(Ackermann) are set up at the front of the box and then the images are viewed in the mirror.
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| Optische Zauber-Scheiben/Disques MagiquesGermany c. 1835 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set of twelve double-sided discs with handle and instructions in German and French.
0522 |
| Optische BelustigungenColored lithographs Germany c. 1835 Discs: 7" diameter
Box contains seven double sided discs, handle and disc with instructions in English German and French
0523 |
| Diebelebte Wunderscheibe/The Magic PlanisphereColored lithographs Germany c. 1835 Discs: 7 1/2" diameter
A boxed set of twelve discs, handle and instructions in German, French & English.
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| Le PhenakisticopeAlphonse Giroux et Cie Hand-colored lithographs Paris, France c. 1835 Discs:7" diameter, box:10" x 10" x 1 1/2"
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| Colored lithographs France c. 1835 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed collection of twenty four discs published by Alphonse Giroux et Cie.
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| The PHENAKISTICOPE or LIVING PICTURESColored lithographs c. 1850 Discs: 7 1/4" diameter
A boxed set with nine discs.
0529 |
| Optische Zauber-Scheiben/Disques MagiquesColored lithographs Germany c. 1835 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set with seven double-sided discs and handle.
0532 |
| TOVER-SCHIJFColored lithographs Amsterdam, Holland c. 1835 Discs:7 1/4" diameter
A boxed set of thirteen discs made and sold by van Emden.
0524 |
| Le FantascopeChez Gambartaine Paris, France c. 1840 Discs:7" diameter
A set of twelve discs contained with a handle in colorfully decorated box. Box lid demonstrates how the viewer doesn't need a mirror but uses the double disc handle to put a blank disc on one edge and an illustrated image on the other and then can view the motion by spinning the handle and looking through the blank, slotted disc.
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| Lebende BilderHand-colored lithographs Germany c. 1840 discs: 7" diameter
A box set containing six discs and handle with instructions in German, french, and English.
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| Colored lithographs Continental c. 1860 Discs: 8 1/2" diameter
A boxed set of twelve discs.
0528 |
| PatinoscopeFrance c. 1885 discs: 9" diameter
A later version of the Patinoscope published in the French publication Jouranl des Dmoiselles
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| The Magic Wheel-Series No.1J. Bradburn New York, America c. 1860 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set of twelve discs. Bradburn published four different sets, each with the same cover and with different discs.
0535 |
| The Magic Wheel-Series No.2J. Bradburn New York, America c. 1860 Discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set of twelve discs.
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| The Magic Wheel-Series No.3J. Bradburn New York, America c. 1860 discs: 7" diameter
A boxed set of twelve discs.
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| Glass Phenakistascope DiscPainted glass Continental c. 1890 6 1/2" diameter
A large glass disc from unknown maker for a projecting phenakistascope.
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| ZoopraxiscopeEadweard Muybridge America 1893 10 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Six plates by Muybridge from his broader study, done with the University of Pennsylvania, on Animal Locomotion. Muybridge had the Zoopraxiscope built as a projecting phenakistascope. He used these drawings, transfered to glass discs to be projected.
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| The LudoscopeProfessor Zimmerman America 1904 discs: 4" diameter
A boxed set with eleven discs.The Ludoscope requires no mirror. A plain slotted disc and the painted card were twirled together. The illusion of motion was created by viewing the designs on the card through the slotted disc.
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| The KinephoneAmerica c. 1920 Discs: 6 1/2" diam.
This toy, as well illustrated on the cover, was to be used with a gramaphone. Five discs are included.
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