Antique Print of Frankfurt am Main by Daumont (c.1770)

Description: Antique print titled 'Prospectus Forensis Curiae Francofurti ad Maenum in Germania - 55e Vue d'Optique - La Place du Marché de Francfort sur le Mein en Allemagne'. Optical print of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 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.

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.