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Jean François Niceron, La Perspective curieuse, ou Magie artificielle des effects merveilleux
Jean François Niceron, La Perspective curieuse, ou Magie artificielle des effects merveilleux

Paris 1638
2°, pp. 146 (22 n.n. + 120 + 4 n.n.), 25 pl., ill.; 35x24 cm
Florence, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, MED 2135, pl. 23r

First book specifically dedicated to the perspective technique of "anamorphosis". A copy was donated by the author to Prince Leopoldo de’ Medici in 1643. The plate on display illustrates the dioptric artifice allowing to see the hidden portrait of Ferdinando II.