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Title(s):
Dioramic pages.
Published/Created:
London : Dean & Son, [1869]
Physical Description:
24 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PZ6 .D56 1869+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
An advertisement for the present work ("ready December 10th") was published in The Bookseller, Dec. 13, 1869, page 1196.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original illustrated boards.
Six children's stories, each illustrated with one "dioramic page" -- an illustration hinged at the foot, to be raised in front of a strong light. When the light passes through the sheet, an image from a second color illustration (beneath the surface illustration) becomes visible, revealing a transformation. For example, the outer illustration in one dioramic page depicts the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. When backlit, Vesuvius erupts, with added smoke, lava, and moonlight.
Subject Terms:
Amusements -- Great Britain.
Children's stories, English.
Toy and movable books -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1869.
Transparent prints.
Transparencies.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Dean & Son, publisher.
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