Stereoscopy: The Dawn of 3-D | Book & Viewer

This amazing volume and viewer is published by Sir Brian May's new endeavor, the London Stereoscopic Co. to educate and amaze readers about the birth of stereoscope photography in the mid 1800s. 

The highly immersive and entertaining volume provides, not only the historic detail of its invention, but also the ability to interact with actual stereoviews beautifully rendered throughout the book. 

 9 1/2" W x 12 1/2" H - Packaged Book and Patent Owl Viewer in special slip case

Written By Denis Pellerin and edited by Brian May

Description from the London Stereoscopic Company :::::::::

This book tells the astonishing and sometimes controversial story of the birth of STEREOSCOPY, the phenomenon we now call 3-D, which entranced Victorian society and is the great-grandparent of today’s VIRTUAL REALITY. Peering into a small, dark, magical box (a STEREOSCOPE!) an eager new audience in the 1850s was transported into another dimension. The immersive realism of 3-D beckoned to them to experience the far-flung wonders of the world without ever leaving their fireside. It was as if they were actually there amongst the Great Pyramids of Giza, or looking up at the Matterhorn, or standing in the rice fields of China.