| Principe de l'AnamorphoseHans Vredeman de Vries Engraving The Netherlands 1604 Image: 3" x 12", plate 7" x 12"
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| Format et IllustratHans Troschel (1585-1628) Engraving Germany c. 1625 9 3/8" x 13 1/2"
Satyrs admiring the anamorphic image of an elephant.
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| La Perspective CurieuseAnonymous Engraving France 1638 13 1/2" x 9"
A page from Jean Francois Niceron's La Perspective Curieuse(B101). The image shows two types of anamorphic viewing devices: catropic and dioptric mirrors.
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| Anonymous Engraving France 1652 9" x 14"
A page from Jean Francois Niceron's La Perspective Curieuse(B102).
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| Anonymous Engraving Germany 1677 7 1/2" x 6"
A page from Magia Universalis Naturae Et Artis(B258), by Gaspar Schott.
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| L'optiqueMichael Dossier(1684-1750) Engraving France c. 1725 9 1/2" x 12"
Engraving, aftere a painting by Allou, shows a woman constructing an anomorphic drawing.
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| Anamorphosis Perspective BoxAnonymous Letterpress and woodcut Italy 1743 9 3/4" x 14 1/8"
Page from Vignola, Le dve Regole della Prospettiva Practica(B100), ed. Egnazio Danti. Published by Camerale in Rome. First published in 1611.
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| Anonymous Engraving France 1753 9" x 7 1/4"
A page from Alexandre Saverien's Dictionnaire Universel De Mathematique et De Physique(B187).
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| PerspectiveGussieo Continental c. 1800 15 1/2" x 10"
Plate II from a folio showing the drawing of an anamorphic image of a woman and a Dioptric paradox viewer.
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| AnamorphosisEngraving Great Britain c. 1812 10 1/2" x 8"
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| D. Sluyter Hand colored wood engraving The Netherlands 1834 13 1/4" x 11 1/4"
A fold out page from the book De Mimetsbron. Tijdschrift Voor Jongekingen(B544) illustrating a picture of a man on a grid in preparation for making an anamorphic image, the anamorphic image and finally the image restored to normal when seen in a mirror.
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| Lithograph Netherlands c. 1870 5 3/4" x 8"
A page from the book "De Spring in T Veld" (B550) showing how to construct an anamorphoses and a viewer to look at an optical anamorphic image.
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| A Caligraphic MysteryAnonymous Wood engraving Great Britain c. 1880 2 1/2" x 4"
An advertising card for Stereoscopic Co. Two hidden texts only emerge when the card is leaned and viewed as an optical anamorphoses.
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| Casse-Tete ChinoisAnonymous Line block France c. 1890 5 1/2" x 11"
When the print is tilted the following curious sentence can be seen: Nous Sommes Flambes (We burn).
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