Description: DOPPELMAYR, Johann Gabriel. Visionis sensum nobilissimum ex obscuræ cameræ tenebris luculenter-illustrans dissertatio optico-physica, quam sub præsidio Joh. Christophori Sturmii ... defendet Joh. Gabriel Doppelmayr, etc. [Altdorf:] literis Henrici Meyeri, [1699]. Illustrated with 1 folded plate. 44 pages. Contemporary speckled paper spine. 4to. Extremely rare disputation written by the great astronomer Doppelmayr under the auspices of Joh. Christian Sturm whilst still a student at the University of Altdorf. The work appears to have been largely overlooked (probably due to its extreme scarcity) by those writing on the history of the camera obscura and is as such also of the greatest significance for pre-history photography. The work discusses the development, construction and uses of the instrument and is one of the earliest publications devoted to the subject. Exceedingly rare with the engraved plate. Even age toning. Fraying to edges. Visionis sensum nobilissimum ex obscuræ cameræ tenebris luculenter-illustrans dissertatio optico-physica, quam sub præsidio Joh. Christophori Sturmii ... defendet Joh. Gabriel Doppelmayr, etc. [Altdorf:] literis Henrici Meyeri, [1699]. Illustrated with 1 folded plate. 44 pages. Contemporary speckled paper spine. Extremely rare disputation written by the great astronomer Doppelmayr under the auspices of Joh. Christian Sturm whilst still a student at the University of Altdorf. The work appears to have been largely overlooked (probably due to its extreme scarcity) by those writing on the history of the camera obscura and is as such also of the greatest significance for pre-history photography. The work discusses the development, construction and uses of the instrument and is one of the earlie
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Language: Latin
Non-Fiction Subject: Optics
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Topic: Camera Obscura
Year Printed: 1699
Special Attributes: Illustrated, 1st Edition
Original/Reproduction: Original
Original/Facsimile: Original
Subject: Optics
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