A History of Pre-cinema, Volume 3Stephen Herbert Taylor & Francis, 2000 - 142 pages This set reprints together for the first time rare and essential material on the history of pre-cinema.Volume 1: Olive Cook, Movement in Two Dimensions [1963]. Volume 2 features the first facsimile reprinting of the often-overlooked "British Journal of" "Photography," Volume 3 is comprised of a selection of articles originally published between 1827-1861. |
Contents
Mirrors and Magic II | 11 |
Peepshows and Panoramas | 23 |
Far Eastern Shadows | 47 |
Karagöz | 59 |
Dissolving Views | 81 |
Living Models ΙΟΙ | 101 |
The Persistence of Vision | 121 |
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