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Page 1 from Aguilon's Opticorum Libri Sex
PHOTOGRAPHS
photograph (b+w)
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London WC2
c.2000?
paper
overall: 254 x 202 mm
2007.956
PHOTOGRAPHS
photograph (b+w)
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London WC2
c.2000?
paper
overall: 254 x 202 mm
Black and white photograph reproducing the first page from an edition (1613) of Francois d'Aguilon's 'Optocorum Libri Sex'. From the copy in the rare books collection of the British Optical Association Museum and Library. Small rectangular illustration depicts some putti in a classical setting, dissecting an eyeball and the contents of a man's brain.
2007.956