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Magic Books Exhibition - Panel 4

Mariano TOMATIS

Flip Books (4 of 30)

The Flip Book is a device presenting a series of images in close succession, portraying the sequential stages of a motion.

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Codex Palatinus Germanicus 67

Werkstatt Ludwig Henfflin, Stuttgart 1470.
John Barnes LINNETT

Producing Optical Illusions

London 14 march 1868.

Flipbook patent

Henry von HOEVENBERGH

Optical Toy

20 june 1882.

Flipbook patent

Henry von HOEVENBERGH

Optical Toy

16 may 1882.

Flipbook patent

Arthur Andrew MELVILLE

An Improved Toy or Picture Book

Birmingham 17 november 1886.

Flipbook patent

Breloques et images animées

La Science illustrée, 5 december 1896.

Le folioscope

La Revue des nouveautés, N. 28, Comptoir de Spécialités Brevetées, Paris january 1897, pp. 6-7.
Henri DE PARVILLE

Le folioscope

Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 11 february 1897.

Le folioscope

Le Monde Illustré, Paris 20 march 1897, p. 186.
John O'NEILL

Improved Means or Method of Producing Living Pictures by the Manipulation of the Leaves of a Book

Burnley 24 july 1897.

Flipbook patent

Le filoscope

Le Monde Illustré, Paris 7 january 1899, p. 14.

Le mutoscope

Les Nouveautés photographiques, Paris 1900, pp. 107-108.

“Dispositif pour le centrage des images dans les mutoscopes”

L'Information photographique Paris 1902, pp. 305-307.
Ferdinand FAIDEAU

La science curieuse et amusante

J. Tallandier, Paris 1902.
Rudolf SCHULZE

Livre contenant des vues cinématographiques

Paris 5 september 1911.

Flipbook patent

Précurseurs ignorés du cinématographe

Science et industries photographiques, N. 7, Vol. 6, P. Montel, Paris 1 july 1926, p. 76.
Magic Books Exhibition - Panel 4