"Anamorphoses"
Anamorphoses. Jullien. (Paris. Around 1860). Twenty-four plates on strong paper, oblong format 20.3 x 17 cm, each reproducing an anamorphosis by Télory, lithographed and colored by Walter Frères. Mirror mounted on a small cylinder with varnished wooden base. First print. Series of twenty-four anamorphoses by Télory – pseudonym of Henri Émy – representing, among others, the Emperor Napoleon III, the Empress, a brigadier, a cyclist... Rare complete series. The vision cylinder is modern.