A hard-to-source copy of the Magic Lantern Society's 1986 publication 'Dates and Sources: A Contribution to the History of the Art of Projection and to Cinematography', as originally compiled by the German pioneer of film and photography Franz Paul Liesegang in the 1920s. This is a must-have publication for anyone with an interest in antique magic lanterns, cinematographs and optical toys. It provides a chronological history of pre-cinema projection from the earliest magic lanterns of the 1650s through to the development of moving images, including the phenakistoscope, zoetrope, praxinoscope and latterly, cinematographs and early film projectors. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this hardbound edition has 78 pages and measures 32cm x 29cm.

Condition: Used but in excellent condition with minor scuffs to the hard cover and small indentation to the spine.