Antique Print of Rome by Daumont (c.1770)

Description: Antique print titled 'Vue d'Optique representant Rome dans sa Splendeur Ancienne (..)'. Optical print representing Rome in its ancient splendour. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'optique', which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth. Text in Latin and French. 

Artists and Engravers: Published by Daumont. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them.