Scientific book
Giambattista Della Porta
"Magiae Naturalis. Libri Viginti"
Rothomagi: sumptibus Joannis Berthelin.
Rouen, 1650
Scioptric Ball
Unknown manufacturer
Great Britain, circa 1750
Box-type camera obscura
Unknown manufacture
Great Britain, circa 1800
Tent camera obscura
Circa 1800
Tabletop camera obscura
Circa 1800
Mondo Nuovo
Catalonia, 1800-1850
Optical view
"Vue de la Place de la Nonciade. Veduta della Piazza della Nunziata"
Italy, 1778-1790
Optical view
"Binnekant Insulae novae, et prospectus Turris Mont Albanis Amstellodamensis"
Germany, 1760-1790
Translucent optical view
[L’Église-Cathédrale à Magdebourg]
Circa 1760-1790
Peep show box
Circa 1775-1825
Engraving
John Young, John Hoppner: "The Show"
Great Britain, 1787
Tapestry
[Child with peep show box]
Circa 1775
Bisque porcelain
Étienne-Maurice Falconet: [Peep show box showman with woman and child]
Sèvres, circa 1757-1766
Zograscope
Great Britain, circa 1790
Tapestry
"L’Òptique"
France, circa 1794
Folding peep show box in book form
France, circa 1780
Diaphanorama
Attributed to Andries Vermeulen: [Ice skaters]
The Netherlands, circa 1780
Anamorphic orientation panorama
"Panorama von Gratz, aufgenommen vom Schlossberg"
Austria, circa 1865
Printed roll panorama
"Grand Panorama of London and the River Thames"
London, 1849
Camera Lucida
France, 1848-1883
Peep show box
Polyorama Panoptique
France, after 1849
Peep show box
Polyorama Panoptique. Lorgnette Pittoresque
France, after 1849
Peep show box and Optical Views
"Viaje Óptico por España"
Catalonia, 1846
Paper peep show
"Te deum chanté a Notre Dame le 1er janvier 1852"
France, 1852
Peep egg
"Present from Clifton"
Great Britain, circa 1870
Peep show box for translucent photographs
Carlo Naya. Alethoscope
Italy, circa 1866
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