116 Rare Old Books on Magic Lantern slides optical history - Instant PDF Downloads

THE MAGIC & OPTICAL LANTERN COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 116 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of MAGIC LANTERNS, LANTERN SLIDES & EARLY MOTION PICTURE PROJECTORS.

Discover the secrets of the magic lanterns which captivated audiences in the past. Learn exactly how these optical lanterns and their slides were made and used. Browse through antique catalogues displaying the latest in magic lanterns and picture projectors from all those years ago. Read about the science behind these wonderful early cinematic contraptions and how they were exhibited. Some of these books are extremely rare and will provide a valuable reference archive for anyone with an interest in magic lanterns and the history of optical projection. The full list of titles speaks for itself….

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Full List of Books Included:


A Catalogue of Lantern Slides for the Use of High Schools, Academies, Colleges, and Universities - G. R. Swain (1903)

Art recreations by H. Day (1873)

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Projection Apparatus (1917)

Beginner's guide to photography ... lantern slides - unknown author (1888)

Bibliography of technical and industrial motion picture films and slides by G. G. Wever (1921)

Bing Optische Spielwaaren und Lehrmittel - Gebruder Bing (1902)

Catalogue and price list of stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus, magic lanterns, and artistically-colored photographic views on glass by T. H. McAlister (1887)

Catalogue Lunetterie Optique - Société des Lunetiers (1901)

Catalogue No. 26. Appareils à Projections Lumineuses fixes et animées, accessoires - G. Gilmer (1900)

Catalogue of magic lanterns, stereopticons, and moving picture machines by M. Ward (1883)

Catalogue of magic lanterns, stereopticons, projection apparatus lantern slides and accessories - McIntosh Stereoptican Company (1900)

Catalogue of Mathematical, Optical and Philosophical Instruments by Newton & Co. (1897)

Catalogue of stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus, and magic lanterns by T. H. McAlister (1888)

Catalogue of stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus, magic lanterns by T. H. McAlister (1867)

Chicago Projecting Co's entertainers supplies, catalogue no. 100 - Chicago Projecting Co. (1900)

Cyclopedia of motion-picture work; a general reference work on the optical lantern, motion head, specific projecting machines, talking pictures, etc. Vol. 1 - D. S. Hulfish (1911)

Cyclopedia of motion-picture work; a general reference work on the optical lantern, motion head, specific projecting machines, talking pictures, etc. Vol. 2 - D. S. Hulfish (1911)

Die Projektions-Kunst - Paul Ed. Liesegang (1909)

Directions for use of the Krōmskōp lantern (1898)

Evening work for amateur photographers by T. C. Hepworth (1890)

Experimental science. Elementary, practical and experimental physics by G. M. Hopkins (1890)

Fabrique d'appareils d'accessoires et vues pour la projection. Catalogue No. 50 - E. Mazo (1912)

Georges Carette & Co. Catalog (1902)

Hall's illustrated catalogue of magic lanterns, dissolving lanterns, and stereopticons by T. Hall (1873)

Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Stereopticons, Lantern Slides, Moving Picture Machines, Accessories for Projection - W. B. Moore (1902)

Illustrated Catalogue Of Magic Lanterns - McIntosh Battery and Optical Company Co. (1890)

Illustrated catalogue, lantern slides of the national parks - H. B. Peabody (1921)

Instructions pratiques sur l'emploi des appareils de projection par A. Moltini (1887)

Ireland - Dublin, Wicklow, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Killarney, etc. the South a lecture for the magic lantern, and a guide to the tourist by S. C. Hall (1882)

Ivens Lantern Slide Catalog Circa 1906

Ivens Lantern Slide Catalog Circa 1913

Jean Schoenner - untitled catalog of toy lanterns (1880)

Jean Schoenner Jubiläums Katalog 1875-1900 (1900)

Katalog über optische, mechanische und elektrische Spielwaren und Lehrmittel - Ernst Plank (1921)

La Lanterne magique - journal des choses curieuses et amusantes Vol. 1 (1833)

La lanterne magique ; Camées parisiens. La Comédie française par T. F. de Banville (1883)

La photographie animée par E. Trutat (1899)

Lantern Slides illustrating Zoology, Botany, Geology, Astronomy, Textiles, &c. Catalogue E - Flatters & Garnett (1922)

Lantern slides, how to make and color them by D. L. Elmendorf (1897)

Lantern-slide making and exhibiting by J. A. Hodges (1905)

Lantern-slides by photographic methods - A. Pringle (1897)

Les agrandissements et les projections par G. Brunel (1899)

Les tableaux de projections mouvementés - H. Foutier (1893)

Light, a course of experimental optics chiefly with the lantern by L. Wright (1882)

List of books, general apparatus, glassware, chemicals, special supplies for physics, biology, physiology and photography, casts, lanterns and lantern slides (1902)

List of Slides used in Secret Societies Stereopticons, Moving Picture Machines, Accessories and Slides - C. M. Stebbins (1899)

Living pictures their history, photo-production and practical working, with a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography by H. V. Hopwood (1899)

Merkelbach & Co Prijs-Courant No. 1 van Tooverlantaarns, Sciopticons - Merkelbach & Co. (1896)

Modern magic lanterns; a guide to the management of the optical lantern by R. Child Bailey (1900)

Motion picture handbook - a guide for managers and operators of motion picture theaters by F. H. Richardson (1916)

Newton's lantern slide catalogue section 7 - Industries and Manufactures - Newton & Co. (1920)

Newton's lantern slide catalogue section 9 - art, literature, and miscellaneous - Newton & Co. (1920)

Optic projection principles, installation and use of the magic lantern, projection microscope, reflecting lantern, moving picture machine by S. H. Gage (1914)

Optical projection - a treatise on the use of the lantern in exhibition and scientific demonstration by L. Wright (1906)

Photographic illustrations for projection, plain or colored - James W. Queen & Co. (1897)

Photographic optics and colour photography - including the camera, kinematograph, optical lantern, and the theory and practice of image formation by G. L. Lindsay (1909)

Picture taking and picture making - Eastman Kodak Co. (1898)

Preis-Liste 1902. Laterna Magica, Nebelbild-Apparate, Modell-Dampfmaschinen Heissluft-Motore - Ernst Plank (1902)

Preisliste über optische, mechanische und elektrische Waren, Physikalische Spiele und Lehrmittel - E. Plank (1914)

Projection apparatus, accessories and slides - McIntosh Stereopticon Co. (1910)

Recent developments in drawing by the aid of projection apparatus used on the house lighting system by S. H. Gage (1912)

Simple method for preparing lantern slides (1921)

Slides and photographs. India and Ceylon (1920)

Slides and photographs, Florida (1916)

Slides and photographs, forestry and lumbering (1914)

Special Catalogue and Price List of Instructive Mechanical, Optical and Electrical Toys - Gebruder Bing (1902)

Tarif No. 39 Lanternes Magiques - A. Moltini (1880)

The art of projecting. A manual of experimentation in physics, chemistry, and natural history with the porte lumiere and magic lantern by A. E. Dolbear (1888)

The Art of projection and complete magic lantern manual by Unknown Author (1893)

The Barnet book of photography (1905)

The book of lantern ; being a practical guide to the working of the optical (or magic) lantern ; with full and precise directions for making and colouring lantern pictures by T. C. Hepworth (1888)

The Columbian exposition - R. Dorr (1893)

The indispensable Handbook to the Optical Lantern - D. W. Welford (1888)

The Magic lantern - how to buy and how to use it, also how to raise a ghost - Mere Phantom (1874)

The Magic lantern - its construction and use by Unknown Author (1890)

The magic lantern by J. A. Manton (1898)

The magic lantern manual - W. Chadwick (1886)

The magic lantern; or, Sketches of scenes in the metropolis - M. Blessington (1823)

The Optical Lantern and Cinematograph Journal (Nov 1904-Oct 1905)

The optical lantern, for instruction and amusement by A. Pringle (1890)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1866)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1867)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1869)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1870)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1871)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1872)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1873)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1874)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1875)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1876)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1877)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1878)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1879)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1880)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1881)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1882)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1883)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1884)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1885)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1886 pt. 1)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1886 pt. 2)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1887)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1888 pt. 1)

The Philadelphia photographer (Volume 1888 pt. 2)

The Photodrama of Creation - C. T. Russell (1914)

The photographic colourist - a manual for the use of amateurs, giving every particular required for painting lantern slides and other transparencies - J. W. Neville (1900)

The sciopticon manual. Explaining Marcy's new magic lantern, and light, including magic lantern optics, experiments, photographing and coloring slides, etc by L. J. Marcy (1874)

The Sciopticon manual - explaining lantern projections in general, and the Sciopticon apparatus in particular by L. J. Marcy (1877)

The story of the motion picture, 65 B. C. to 1920 A. D. - B. J. Lubschez (1920)

The world visualized for the classroom; 1000 travel studies through the stereoscope and in lantern slides - F. M. McMurry (1915)

Toning bromides and lantern slides - C. W. Somerville (1904)

Uncle Alberts manual of practical photography - P. Perry (1890)

Visual education through stereographs and lantern slides - Keystone View Co. (1917)

Visual education; teachers' guide to Keystone Primary set - Keystone View Co. (1920)

Visual instruction through lantern slides and motion pictures - N. L. Hoopingarner (1917)

Visual instruction; rules for borrowers, catalog of sets, and suggestions for use of lantern slides and exhibits (1919)



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