Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving lightening bolt What appears to be some

What appears to be some bleeding as noted

(The weight and feel make me think wood

It’s not too often that I buy a piece of Asian lacquerware

someone would shovel it into a bushel container

sight 5 1/4” x 4 3/4”

Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving lightening bolt What appears to be someThere are stereoviews and then there are stereoviews this is one of two early albumen photo stereoviews I'm listing this week of the gorgeous and special variety; a different species entirely from the later stereocards with images printed on the card. And this is a curious one, too. The image is very similar to an engraving ("Ideal Scene of the Lias Period with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus") in French scientist Louis Figuier's 'The World Before the