1856 David Brewster The Stereoscope Its History, Theory, And Construction 1st Ed - Book

Brewster, Sir David

The Stereoscope Its History, Theory, And Construction, With Its Application To The Fine And Useful Arts And To Education. 

London.: John Murray. 1856.

Text illustrations throughout.

IV, 235 pages.

8vo.

Contemporary half calf with gilt label to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers.

On monocular vision, or vision with one eye 

On binocular vision, or vision with two eyes 

Description of the ocular, reflecting, and lenticular stereoscopes 

On the theory of stereoscopic vision 

On the union of similar pictures in binocular vision 

Description of different stereoscopes 

Method of taking pictures for the stereoscope 

On the adaptation of the pictures to the stereoscope - their size, position, and illumination 

Application of the stereoscope to painting Application of the stereoscope to sculpture, architecture, and engineering Application of the stereoscope to natural history 

Application of the stereoscope to educational purposes 

Application of the stereoscope to purposes of amusement 

On the production of stereoscopic pictures from a single picture 

On certain fallacies of sight in the vision of solid bodies 

On certain difficulties experienced in the use of the stereoscope

Some rubbing to spine and edges, though no cracking and firm. Overall clean. Rare