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Optics--Camera Obscura.  London:  Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown,  1817.  1st edition.  From "Rees Encyclopedia"  1  8vo.  Very good condition.  This is a very finely engravedd plate from the massive Rees encyclopedia published in 1820. The image measure 10x8 and includes 7 figures relating to the camera obscura--(1) shows a construction of a small room for c.o.; (2) depicts a rather elaborate pinhole (with grating attachment??); (3) features a ccross-section of a very remarkable c.o. with the moveable aperture located at the apex of a moveable rotunda (constructed in a similar fashion to an astronomical observatory); (4) a similar aperture to #3, this being moveable on a non-moveable roof; (5)+ (6) are depictions of portable, handheld c.o.'s; (7) is a smalleyepiece for 6+7. Faint bit of foxing at the edges does not aprpeciably detract from this very interesting image. For as popular as this instrument must have been, old images of the camera obscura are scarce.   (Book ID 21820) $145.00