Antique Prints of Optics, Telescopes, Microscopes, Eyeglasses, etc.

Take a look at these historic prints of optical subjects. Prints are in good condition unless otherwise mentioned.
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Les Loupes

Description: Three scientists regard mushrooms through looking glasses. Almost an incunabila of lithography (which ended in 1821)

Type of print: lithograph

Lithographer: Edme-Jean Pigal (1798-1872)

Publication: “Album Comique"

Published by: Ambroise Tardieu

Printed by: Langlume

Where: Paris

When: 1823

Measurements: 17 x 21,3 cm (6.7 x 8.4")

Condition: Very good

$ 150.00

Order Nr. OPTIC236825

"L Exposition des Insectes. - Projection photographique du phylloxora pendant une conference"
( Projecting the image of a flea )

Wood engraving after M. Valney, 1874. Reverse side is printed.

17.5 x 22.7 cm ( 6.8 x 8.9 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. OPTIC237317

Optics

Copper etching ca 1800. In the upper left is a magic lantern. The lower half is a Micrometer.
Small, repaired tear on upper margin edge. Clean print.

Page size: 27 x 19.5 cm ( 10.6 x 7.6 ")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. OPTIC235757

Fritz Gehrke. Eine Kunstlerherberge am gruenen Rhein.
( An artists´ meeting place on the green Rhine)

Wood engraving printed in color after a painting by Fritz Gehrke ca 1885.
Reverse side is printed. Small crease and repair in lower left margin corner.

23 x 34.8 cm ( 9 x 13.7 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. WINE236106

"Miltons Besuch bei Galilei" ( Milton´s visit to Galileo )

Wood engraving made after the painting by Annibale Gatti. Published ca 1880.
Reverse side is printed.

16.5 x 24.8 cm ( 6.4 x 9.7 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. OPTIC236923

Images: Equatorial instrument, Mural circle at Greenwich Observatory, Eudiometer, Anemometer, Sextant, Fahrenheit´s Thermometer, Mercurial Pendulum and Theodolite.

Wood engraving published ca 1885. Reverse side is printed. Some light scattered spotting.

Page size: 35 x 24.5 cm ( 13.7 x 9.6 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. OPTIC236917

Images: Various forms of spectacles, Photometer or light measurer, Transit instrument, Altitude and Azimuth Circle, Detatched or Transit Level, Borda´s Repeating Circle, Level Collimator.

Wood engraving published ca 1885. Reverse side is printed. Minimal spotting.

Page size: 35 x 24.5 cm ( 13.7 x 9.6 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. OPTIC236918

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