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1895ref. 69607Germany: Verlag von Leopold Voss 1895. STEREOSCOPIC CARDS. Stereoscopical Pictures for the use of squint-eyed people. A Set of 26 Stereoscopic Cards with a Collapsible Stereoscope Viewer. Germany: Verlag von Leopold Voss n.d.c.a. 1895. Early edition possibly 3rd revised edition. A set of 26 lovely chromolithograph stereoscopic cards including one which allows for two sides to be slid back and forth. Accompanied by a collapsible Stereoscope with which to view the cards. This was used in the diagnosis and theraputic care of children with optical difficulties. 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 190 x 95 mm. Each card is numbered 1-26. The cards are housed in a small faux leather box. Box with the stamp of "August. F. W. Vogt of Amsterdam." The stereoscope is in matching faux leather and is able to fold flat. A very nice attractive set with cute color pictures mainly of animals and children. A few cards with letters that create the names Elise Africa and Rafael. Previous owner's inscription on inside on the box. Some minor rubbing to edges of the box and the stereoscope. Overall very good. This set though without any printed labels or the instructional leaflet matches other copies of Kroll's and can be identified as possible the third revised edition as this was the first edition to include a sliding card according to a listing in 1896's "Zeitschrift für Psychologie und Physiologie der Sinnesorgane 10." Journal of Psychology and Physiology of the Sense Organs 10 Published by Arthur Konig. According to Konig "The reappearance of a new edition of these stereoscopic images attests to the wide circulation they have achieved. They are designed for use by children with intermittent strabismus who are intended- through exercises performed with the aid of these plates-to gradually and permanently correct the faulty alignment of their eyes. In preparing this new edition the guiding principle was in essence to stimulate the impulse toward the stereoscopic fusion of the image halves more strongly than in previous editions. Serving this purpose are 12 new plates which contain- partly- images featuring congruent main figures alongside incongruent secondary figures and- partly- text-based exercises designed according to the same fundamental principle. A newly added image allows for the adjustment of the distance between its two halves. "A stereoscope or stereo viewer is a device used for viewing a pair of stereoscopic separate images mounted on a stereograph card. These images depict a left-eye and right-eye view of the same scene hosted on a card that when viewed through a stereoscope appear as a single three-dimensional image. This apparatus consisted of two prismatic lenses and a wooden extension which held the stereo card at the correct distance from the viewer. The lenses made the image appear larger and more distant as well as shifting their position so that the two images fuse into one stereo window. A view-limiting feature such as a divider is usually present on stereoscopes to prevent each eye by being distracted by the image intended for the other eye. Sir David Brewster debuted his lenticular stereoscope at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in England. Brewster is credited as the inventor of the stereoscope and stereographs intended for use by the general public. Oliver Wendell Holmes made further contributions to the stereoscope by introducing a handheld stereoscopic viewer in 1861 that was both streamlined and more economical than what had previously been available. The hype over this novel form of entertainment led to an industry in producing images for public consumption. Stereographs stereoviews stereo cards and stereo pairs were produced and sold by the thousands. They usually included the pair of images on piece of cardstock of cardboard along with some explanatory text. Stereographers traveled the world to capture images that would appear in 3D back home on the Victorian parlor. Subjects included famous people and places historic events dramatic recreations beautiful settings and flower arrangements among other things. By the last quarter of the nineteenth century viewing stereographs was a popular form of entertainment in Victorian homes. Almost as common as a television set is today each American home typically had a collection of stereographs and a hand-held or table-stand stereoscope through which to view them." Smithsonian Museum. HBS 69607. $2000. [Verlag von Leopold Voss] unknown books
1938ref. 58735BBBayreuth, Gauverlag der Ostmark, 1938/39. 4°. 30 cm. 117 und 122 Seiten. Illustrierte Leinenmappen mit lose einliegenden Raumbildern und Raumbildbrille. [3 Warenabbildungen]
1838ref. 42847(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1838 a. 1852). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1838 - Part II. Pp. 371-394 and 2 engraved plates. Light browning to plates. + 1852- Part I. pp. 1-17 and 1 engraved plate. A dampstain to plate.
1842ref. 49144(Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1842). No wrappers. In: In ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff"", Ergänzungsband (Nach Bd. LI einzuschalten), Stück 1. With titlepage to the volume (Erg.-Bd.). Pp. 1-192 a. 3 plates. (Entire issue offered). Wheatstones paper: pp. 1-48. Brownspots to inner margin on the first page, otherwise clean. Stamp to titlepage and verso of plates.
ref. 83575Desforges H. Desforges Editeur, Bibliothèque de la Revue la Photographie, sans date, 71 p., une signature sur la première page de titre, couverture salie, intérieur propre.
1945ref. CCC00451apla5. Editions Chantecler, 1945. Couverture rigide. État : Assez bon. In-4 Couverture bleu vert. Complet avec les 100 vues, les lunettes et le plan de Paris, dos jauni, premier plat taché, interieur jauni avec le temps, la charniere de la page d'avant garde déchiré sur 2 cm mais sans manque, Accompagnée d'initiales ornées, de culs-de-lampe, de huit quadrichromies hors-texte et de cent vues stéréoscopiques originales. Egalement une grand plan dépliant de Paris en fin de volume. Premier volume de la collection "Relief", publiée par les éditions Chantecler 1945. Texte et quadrichromies hors texte imprimées sur les presses Blanchong & Cie. Prises de vues stéréoscopiques par Roger Schall. Reliure par les Etablissements Magnier Frères . Des photos possibles sur demande
1948pp. 240, 36 [Advertisements, some illustrated]. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Includes list of pictorial illustrations, index of Advertisers and list of photographers and their addresses. Double column. 250 mm. Original full yellow cloth binding, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very Good. W104RtStk
1948pp. 240, 36 [Advertisements, some illustrated]. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Includes list of pictorial illustrations, index of Advertisers and list of photographers and their addresses. Double column. 245 mm. Softcover. Original yellow wraps, slightly worn. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Very good. W104RtStk
1975285 p. Profusely illustrated with photographs of cameras, some in color. Small inked ownership on front paste down. Folio. Original full red cloth binding lettered in gold gilt. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Hardbound. Very Good+. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W100
1983223 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Takes readers behind the scenes at RAF Medmenham in the Thames Valley and shows how, from overlapping pairs of aerial photographs, it was possible to view objects of German military or industrial importance three-dimensionally (or stereoscopically), and because of their training, interpretation officers of the three services and later of the USAAF, were in a position to disclose enemy plans, sometimes impossible for other sources of intelligence to obtain." - from dust jacket. Moderate overall wear. Clean and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating work. Book
1987160pp. Hardcover Very good condition good Stereoscopic glasses laid in as issued
1838ref. 42847London Richard and John E. Taylor 1838 a. 1852. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1838 - Part II. Pp. 371-394 and 2 engraved plates. Light browning to plates. 1852- Part I. pp. 1-17 and 1 engraved plate. A dampstain to plate. First appearance of these classic paper in physiological optics in which Wheatstone discovered the stereoscopic vison of the human eye.Stereopsis was first described by Wheatstone in 1838 in the paper offered. In 1840 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society for his explanation of binocular vision a research which led him to make stereoscopic drawings and construct the stereoscope. He showed that our impression of solidity is gained by the combination in the mind of two separate pictures of an object taken by both of our eyes from different points of view. Thus in the stereoscope an arrangement of lenses or mirrors two photographs of the same object taken from different points are so combined as to make the object stand out with a solid aspect. Sir David Brewster improved the stereoscope by dispensing with the mirrors and bringing it into its existing form with lenses."As the inventor of the stereoscope later developed by Brewster Wheatstone found himself - to his own surprise - the first since Leonardo da Vinvi to discuss depth perception in terms of the different image received by the eye."DSB XIV p. 290.Garrison & Morton No. 1498. unknown
1842ref. 49144Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1842. No wrappers. In: In "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff" Ergänzungsband Nach Bd. LI einzuschalten Stück 1. With titlepage to the volume Erg.-Bd. Pp. 1-192 a. 3 plates. Entire issue offered. Wheatstones paper: pp. 1-48. Brownspots to inner margin on the first page otherwise clean. Stamp to titlepage and verso of plates. First appearance in German of this classic paper in physiological optics in which Wheatstone discovered the stereoscopic vison of the human eye.Stereopsis was first described by Wheatstone in 1838 published first in the Transactions. In 1840 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society for his explanation of binocular vision a research which led him to make stereoscopic drawings and construct the stereoscope. He showed that our impression of solidity is gained by the combination in the mind of two separate pictures of an object taken by both of our eyes from different points of view. Thus in the stereoscope an arrangement of lenses or mirrors two photographs of the same object taken from different points are so combined as to make the object stand out with a solid aspect. Sir David Brewster improved the stereoscope by dispensing with the mirrors and bringing it into its existing form with lenses."As the inventor of the stereoscope later developed by Brewster Wheatstone found himself - to his own surprise - the first since Leonardo da Vinvi to discuss depth perception in terms of the different image received by the eye."DSB XIV p. 290.Garrison & Morton No. 1498. Also with K.E. von baer "ueber das Klima von Sitcha und den russischen besitzungen an der Nordwestküste von Amerika" pp. 129-154. unknown
1895ref. 69607Germany: Verlag von Leopold Voss 1895. STEREOSCOPIC CARDS. Stereoscopical Pictures for the use of squint-eyed people. A Set of 26 Stereoscopic Cards with a Collapsible Stereoscope Viewer. Germany: Verlag von Leopold Voss n.d.c.a. 1895. Early edition possibly 3rd revised edition. A set of 26 lovely chromolithograph stereoscopic cards including one which allows for two sides to be slid back and forth. Accompanied by a collapsible Stereoscope with which to view the cards. This was used in the diagnosis and theraputic care of children with optical difficulties. 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 190 x 95 mm. Each card is numbered 1-26. The cards are housed in a small faux leather box. Box with the stamp of "August. F. W. Vogt of Amsterdam." The stereoscope is in matching faux leather and is able to fold flat. A very nice attractive set with cute color pictures mainly of animals and children. A few cards with letters that create the names Elise Africa and Rafael. Previous owner's inscription on inside on the box. Some minor rubbing to edges of the box and the stereoscope. Overall very good. This set though without any printed labels or the instructional leaflet matches other copies of Kroll's and can be identified as possible the third revised edition as this was the first edition to include a sliding card according to a listing in 1896's "Zeitschrift für Psychologie und Physiologie der Sinnesorgane 10." Journal of Psychology and Physiology of the Sense Organs 10 Published by Arthur Konig. According to Konig "The reappearance of a new edition of these stereoscopic images attests to the wide circulation they have achieved. They are designed for use by children with intermittent strabismus who are intended- through exercises performed with the aid of these plates-to gradually and permanently correct the faulty alignment of their eyes. In preparing this new edition the guiding principle was in essence to stimulate the impulse toward the stereoscopic fusion of the image halves more strongly than in previous editions. Serving this purpose are 12 new plates which contain- partly- images featuring congruent main figures alongside incongruent secondary figures and- partly- text-based exercises designed according to the same fundamental principle. A newly added image allows for the adjustment of the distance between its two halves. "A stereoscope or stereo viewer is a device used for viewing a pair of stereoscopic separate images mounted on a stereograph card. These images depict a left-eye and right-eye view of the same scene hosted on a card that when viewed through a stereoscope appear as a single three-dimensional image. This apparatus consisted of two prismatic lenses and a wooden extension which held the stereo card at the correct distance from the viewer. The lenses made the image appear larger and more distant as well as shifting their position so that the two images fuse into one stereo window. A view-limiting feature such as a divider is usually present on stereoscopes to prevent each eye by being distracted by the image intended for the other eye. Sir David Brewster debuted his lenticular stereoscope at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in England. Brewster is credited as the inventor of the stereoscope and stereographs intended for use by the general public. Oliver Wendell Holmes made further contributions to the stereoscope by introducing a handheld stereoscopic viewer in 1861 that was both streamlined and more economical than what had previously been available. The hype over this novel form of entertainment led to an industry in producing images for public consumption. Stereographs stereoviews stereo cards and stereo pairs were produced and sold by the thousands. They usually included the pair of images on piece of cardstock of cardboard along with some explanatory text. Stereographers traveled the world to capture images that would appear in 3D back home on the Victorian parlor. Subjects included famous people and places historic events dramatic recreations beautiful settings and flower arrangements among other things. By the last quarter of the nineteenth century viewing stereographs was a popular form of entertainment in Victorian homes. Almost as common as a television set is today each American home typically had a collection of stereographs and a hand-held or table-stand stereoscope through which to view them." Smithsonian Museum. HBS 69607. $2000. [Verlag von Leopold Voss] unknown
ref. 001667London: The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. No Binding. Good/None. G/N. This item is a cart de viste of General Grant President of the United States a vintage photograph. Image is mounted to card stock with company information on reverse. Mounted in protective plastic case. 4" X 2.5" size as it should be. Image shows General Grant in uniform a handsom and distictive looking gentleman with full beard. 0 The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co unknown
ref. 46767Albumen print photograph 102 x 63 mm mount; lower margin recto with printed caption: 'Captain Knowles. Lost in the Northfleet off Dunganess Jan. 22 1873'; verso with The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company's backmark; the print has a couple of light marks; the verso of the mount has some residual glue marks at the edges. 'The Northfleet left Gravesend for Hobart on 13 January 1873 with 379 persons on board: the pilot 34 crew three cabin passengers and the assisted emigrants comprising 248 men 42 women and 52 children. Bad weather forced the ship to drop anchor at several points before leaving the Channel and on the night of 22 January she was at anchor about two or three miles 5 km off Dungeness. Around 10.30 p.m. she was run down by a steamer that backed off and disappeared into the darkness. The heavily laden Northfleet sank within half an hour before vessels in the vicinity realised anything was amiss and in the ensuing panic a total of 293 people were drowned. 86 were saved. Of the women on board only the captain's wife and one emigrant survived along with just two of the children. Only two boats managed to get clear of the sinking ship one without any oars and the other damaged. The captain went down with his ship. The offending steamer proved to be the Spanish steamship Murillo which was stopped off Dover on 22 September 1873 eight months after the collision. A Court of Admiralty condemned her to be sold and severely censured her officers. An inquest was held at Lydd Guildhall in February 1873.' Wikipedia unknown
ref. 46750Albumen print photograph carte de visite format 102 x 63 mm mount; recto of mount with printed signature of Robert Moffatt to lower margin; verso with the back mark of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; both the print and the mount are in excellent condition. 'Robert Moffatt Ormiston East Lothian Scotland December 21 1795-Leigh Kent England August 8 1883 was a missionary and a linguist who worked in South Africa and Botswana for more than 60 years. Of modest parentage he had an elementary education and was raised as a Presbyterian on strict religious principles by his mother a Scotswoman née Anne Gardiner. He first worked as a gardener in Scotland and England. Influenced by Methodism he determined to become a missionary and in 1816 joined the London Missionary Society LMS. He had already met and become engaged to Mary Smith who came from Lancashire near Manchester. He was sent out to South Africa where he arrived in Cape Town on January 13 1817. His fiancée however due to her father’s objections did not join him for another three years. He was to begin his service in Great Namaqualand south of the Orange River but at first was refused permission to travel there by the local authorities. Therefore he began instead to study Dutch at Stellenbosch University until January 1818 when he began work in Great Namaqualand. He had an early success in the conversion of local ruler Jager Christian Afrikaner circa 1800-1823 a Hottentot freebooter this while traveling in South West Africa now Namibia and Bechuanaland now Botswana. In April 1819 in Cape Town he met with an LMS deputation investigating LMS work in Southern Africa. They invited him to act as their interpreter in Dutch. He traveled with them until the Fifth Frontier War of 1819 forced them to stop. At the same time his fiancée arrived from England and they were married in Cape Town in December 1819. She was to prove a strong loyal and dedicated companion. The delegation persuaded him to work amongst the Tswana Bechuana and he settled at first at Dithakong in 1821 among the Tlhaping a Tswana people. Unrest swept this region as a result of the wars of the Zulu Chief Shaka but invaders were driven off by armed Griquas led by Andries Waterboer. Unsettled conditions continued until 1829. At that time Moffatt baptized his first converts. In this same year he established what was to prove a lifelong friendship with Mzilikazi chief of the Matabele. Having moved to Kuruman he began to translate the Bible into the Tlhaping dialect. He took the manuscript to Cape Town where with his own hands he prepared it for printing on the government press. He then acquired a printing press which he took to Kuruman by ox-wagon where he produced more religious literature. He had however to travel to Britain to have his translation of the New Testament published in 1840. While in London in 1841 he met with David Livingstone whom he persuaded to travel to Africa. It was from Kuruman that Livingstone began his African travels in 1849. Meanwhile back in Kuruman he continued to translate and print the Old Testament. The result was the first translation of the Bible into any South African language. In 1857 he led a mission to meet with Mzilikazi in Matabeleland. Suspicious of his influence Afrikaner burghers prepared to attack Kuruman. A request to the British govemor at the Cape Sir George Grey led to a successful appeal to Pretorius not to make the attack. Moffatt then remained at Kuruman working on a translation of Pilgrim’s Progress. In 1870 Moffatt and his wife retired to England where she died at Brixton in 1871. He died in 1883. His son John Smith Moffatt continued his work in Botswana and his daughter Mary married David Livingstone. Kuruman had been the northernmost European outpost in southern Africa and played a key role in the establishment of relations with the more northerly peoples. Although involved with diplomatic relations Moffatt’s work was essentially evangelical in character.' Keith Irvine Dictionary of African Christian Biography  unknown
ref. 40072London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company 1862. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph 80 x 80 mm each image arched format on yellow mount 84 x 173 mm; recto with printed title: The International Exhibition of 1862: No. 141 - N. E. Transcept and Australian Gold Case; under magnification the sign on the case reads: The Stamping Machine / Victoria - Australia / GOLD / Eastern Annex; both of the prints and the mount are in fine condition. One of a series of views of the display of gold from the Colony of Victoria at the International Exhibition in London in 1862 published by the exhibition's official photographers the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. A different photograph taken from the same vantage point includes a diorama with wax figures illustrating men at work on the diggings. The centrepiece of the Victorian display also not shown in this particular view was a 44-feet-high gilded obelisk a symbol of the enormous quantity of gold which had been mined in Victoria in the ten years or so since the gold rush had commenced. Part of the Tasmanian display can be seen in the middle ground: a thylacine pelt hanging vertically can clearly be discerned directly to the right of the whale jawbone at the centre of the image. unknown
1867ref. 2022981867 1867. 6.2 x 8.6cm portrait on 6.3 x 10.2cm card with facsimile signature below. The same carte-de-visite in the National Portrait Gallery's Photographs Collection ref. NPGx11863 dates it to 1867. A very nice condition item with firm sharp corners having a surface crease top left from where the image was laid onto the card and a couple of foxing spots at the top. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care. unknown
1920ref. 64572London: London Stereoscopic Company 1920. 2nd edition. Very Good. Quarto. orig. dec. cloth 66pp. b/w pls. 111 Original photographs with tissue-guards. Nice photograph of an Orient Line Ship; the R.M.S. Orsova loosely inserted on page provided with technical specifications completed which has been signed by eleven of the shipÕs officers. Neat ownership signature & hinges tender o/w a nice copy London Stereoscopic Company hardcover
1920ref. 28930London: London Stereoscopic Company 1920. 4th edition. Near Fine. Quarto. orig. dec. cloth 66pp. b/w pls. 111 Original photographs with tissue-guards. Nice photograph of an Orient Line Ship loosely inserted on page provided with technical specifications completed London Stereoscopic Company hardcover
ref. 60804c.1860s. . Albumen print. Tears on top and bottom right corners. Mounted on card. The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company was begun in 1854 by George Swan Nottage. It specialised in the mass production of stereoscopic photographs where two almost identical photographs merged to form a three dimensional picture. The Company published many thousands of views during the 1850s and 1860s and became one of the largest photographic publishing companies in the world. [c.1860s]. unknown
ref. 60801c.1860s. . Albumen print. Mounted on card. The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company was begun in 1854 by George Swan Nottage. It specialised in the mass production of stereoscopic photographs where two almost identical photographs merged to form a three dimensional picture. The Company published many thousands of views during the 1850s and 1860s and became one of the largest photographic publishing companies in the world. [c.1860s]. unknown
ref. 60800c.1880s. . Albumen print. Mounted on card. The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company was begun in 1854 by George Swan Nottage. It specialised in the mass production of stereoscopic photographs where two almost identical photographs merged to form a three dimensional picture. The Company published many thousands of views during the 1850s and 1860s and became one of the largest photographic publishing companies in the world. [c.1880s]. unknown
ref. 60795. Albumen print. Small tear on right side. Mounted on card. The London Stereoscopic Company was begun in 1854 by George Swan Nottage. It specialised in the mass production of stereoscopic photographs where two almost identical photographs merged to form a three dimensional picture. The Company published many thousands of views during the 1850s and 1860s and became one of the largest photographic publishing companies in the world. unknown
