Myriorama (2 results)
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Published by Higher Arc [c201-], Melbourne
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerUnpaginated, 7X10 inch art magazine; color illust., wraps a bit handled, else very good. Includes a poem about criminologist Cesare Lambroso.
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Published by Amsterdam: Gebrodeders van Arum, n.d. (c.1825), 1825
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United KingdomMinster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970)
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: PBFA
Condition: Used
US$ 3,438.05
US$ 24.70 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket16mo., hand-coloured engraved myriorama alphabet comprising 24 pictorial cards with numbers beneath the pictures (1-24) and A-Z in upper and lower case to each card. The cards are housed in a card slipcase with decorative floral paper covering and printed paper label; occasional light foxing to some cards, light wear to extremit…ies of the slipcase, with loss to lower portion and upper corner of the printed title label, light loss to marbled paper covering of case in a couple of places, a very good example of this rare set. "An exceptional early Picture Alphabet that completely focused on both extramural reading and fun for the child." Buijnsters :Lust En Leering. (History of the Dutch children's book in the nineteenth century). Myriorama, or 'Many Thousand Views' consist of numerous cards depicting fragments or segments of landscapes, people and buildings that can be arranged in a multitude of different combinations allowing a child to create a variety of imaginary landscapes. This 'entertainment' for 'young ladies and gentlemen' originated in France but was quickly adopted in other European countries. From wikipedia: Myriorama originally meant a set of illustrated cards which 19th century children could arrange and re-arrange, forming different pictures. Later in the century the name was also applied to shows using a sequence of impressive visual effects to entertain and inform an audience. The word myriorama was invented to mean myriad pictures, following the model of panorama, diorama, cosmorama and other novelties. These were all part of a wider interest in viewing landscape as panorama, and in new ways of presenting "spectacular" scenes. The early myrioramas were cards with people, buildings, and other images on compatible backgrounds, and could be laid out in any order, allowing a child to create a variety of imaginary landscapes. Jean-Pierre Brès, a French children's writer, published an early version which he described as a polyoptic picture (tableau polyoptique) in the early 19th century, and John Clark of London took up the idea and designed a set of cards he called a myriorama. Clark's "second series" myriorama, an "Italian landscape", was produced in 1824, the same year as a similar set of English cards called a panoramacopia created by drawing teacher T.T.Dales.
