There are endless details to drink in incredibly entertaining and well crafted. These dioramas, in remarkable 3D, are truly a sight to behold. Who knew?), and every time I glimpsed an image through it, I gasped. The book comes with a viewer called The Owl (invented by Queen guitarist Brian May. Some of them are so rare that at the time of writing there is no known complete collection of the originals of these masterpieces. This book, the fruit of half a lifetime’s study by three impassioned authors, brings every one of the published Diableries into the 21st century for the very first time. This 3-D phenomenon, which fascinated a nation for 40 years, is now yours to share. In France, around 1860, from the loins of a traditional national fascination with all things diabolical, was born a new sensation – a series of visionary dioramas depicting life in a strange parallel universe called ENFER – Hell – communicated to an eager audience by means of stereoscopic cards, to be viewed in the stereoscopes which had already become popular in the 1850s. If you’re not familiar with diableries, have a look at the book description: I think it’s safe to say to any readers of this blog…RUN, don’t walk, to procure this incredible edition. Over the weekend I received the most amazing book as a gift.
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