Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving Japanese papier mache Of a dark green stone

Of a dark green stone with some veins in it that lend irregularity

It seems conceivable that the second

guides to the heavens (complete with hilarious star maps) and faux-astrological advisements for each month of the year (i

and adding up to quite a little aura

Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving Japanese papier mache Of a dark green stoneThere 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