Early cinema and the establishment of Italian film. Accounts of proto-cinematic developments such as Muybridge, Marey and chronophotography, magic lanterns, praxinoscope, phenakistiscope, Cinematographe Lumiere, Thomas Edison, Fantascope, Fantasmagoria, Kinetoscope, Emile Reynaud, Theatre Optique. Early Roman epics such as Cleopatra and Quo Vadis?, Dante's Inferno, Asta Nielsen.
| Item number | 46291 |
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| Category | Book |
| Type | Criticism/History |
| Dimensions | h 219mm; w 239mm; d 12mm |
| Language | Italian |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Related people | Flavia De Lucis (editor) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection